Monday, January 2, 2012

2012 PASADENA TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE

This is it, the reason we came on this trip.  To watch our daughter, Rachael and her American Fork High School Color Guard and Marching Band march up ORANGE GROVE, turn THE CORNER, and march down COLORADO BOULEVARD in the 2012 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The parade route is 5 and 1/2 miles long.  We were just a few blocks from the start of the parade.  Our band was #81 of the 90 entries in the parade.  We had a parade program so were able to follow the program and keep track of which number was going past us on the parade route.  We had good people around us, who were there to see their child in their band.  So as the other bands came by, a parent would say their child's name and the whole group of peole wouls shout HELLO, and the child's name.  It was a lot of fun. 

We could hear our band's music before we could see them, so we all turned our heads and focused on the corner.   And then we could see this







A man sitting behind us who was here with the Wisconsin Badger Band used my video camera to film the band while they marched by.  Thank you very much, I am glad I was able to just enjoy them.



Thank you, Rachael for being a part of such an AMAZING group!


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