Richard is a member of "THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF BAND DADS" with the AMERICAN FORK HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND and COLOR GUARD Chapter. So he gets to help the Marching Band by loadiing the trailer every week, then unloading it anthe competition, helping to get all of the pit equipment and back drops onto the field, then getting it all back off the field, reloading it onto the trailer, then unloading it back at the high school. To then do it all again for the next competition. The Band Dad's perform in a great service to help make the Field show a success. One of the things they get to do is perform at the Family Show. They put together their own rendition of something related to the show.
Here is their performance this year.
Richard, ready to take the field with his flag and rifle.
The Cheer
"AF BAND DAD's ROCK!"
Hey, do you notice any similarities to something that happens in the real show?
Did you catch in the video, that Richard threw a rubber chicken into the sky and they all shot at it?
The Band Dad's are a GREAT group of men, and Richard is having lots of fun being a part of the group.
Every year the American Fork High School Marching Band and Color Guard host a Family Night at the High School. They have dinner and then do their show for family and friends. It is a fun night to for many to see the show for the first time. It is a fun night for me to be able to get closer to the show and take pictures. Grandma and Grandpa Anderson came down to see the show with us.
Is that the "My Mom is taking my picture look?"
I know that this is the My Mom is taking my picture again look.
The Best Band Dad in the bunch along with the Best Color Guard Girl!
One of the fun things that they do at the Family Show is to invite a member of the family down onto the field and they try to follow their student around for a portion of the show. It was Richard's turn this year.
Looks to me like he kept up with her pretty good. (I wonder if I can get him to take his turn again next year.)
It was a fun filled night. We are all looking forward to many more nights to come of watching Rachael and the American Fork High School Marching Band and Color Guard.
Rachael and the American Fork High School Color Guard and Marching Band had their first competition on September 24 at Payson High School. The Competition was held on a beautiful day, the weather was wonderful. We had some new Band Dads who helped to load and unload the semi-trialer and it went really well.
I found a good spot to take pictures from in the stadium and got all set up, some people kept looking back at me, and finally asked if I was the "Band Photograper" I replied No - I am the photograper for the Color Guard. Then she asked if I was the "Blanco's Blunder's" person. How funny to have someone who has read my BLOG, recognize me. We had a good conversation, and I realized that they http://waveatthebus.blogspot.com/ people. I have followed their blog.
Ok - back to the Mt Nebo Marching Bad Competition. It was fun to see the whole show come together at a competition. I enjoy the two person toss that the guard does. I wish my daughter was more in the front. I think the girls hair was hard to do. I like the way they march on.
The flags lined up and ready to go.
The girls getting their last minute instructions from Tiffany. After this they had a few minutes quiet time to go thru the show in their minds. It was interesting to watch as some girls sat there moving their hands or their head as they worked thru the show.
