Mt Nebo Marching Band Competition 9-24-11

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.

Enjoy the show!

And so it begins for 2011 . . . . "Shades of Conflict"

All of the hard work comes to a head today.  The Marching Band's first performance  is at the Weber Riview.  The band is judged only against themselves, the judges critqued, so the band director can make adjustments before their first competition.

The band waiting to come in

Richard and the Band Dad's setting things up


  I enjoyed seeing the show come together for the first time, the band uniforms, the guard uniforms, the music, the drill, the kids performing for the first time in front of an audience.  It is always amazing to me to see the band pull up their boots and  have the show become a performance.  They did GREAT!  I enjoyed it.  Rachael was beautiful!

All it can do from here is get better and better.  I look forward to seeing each time and looking for what changes will be made and the little twicking that will get done.

Here is the First show - WEBER REVIEW

It's a Beautiful Day - September 18, 2011

It was too nice a day to stay home so  we picked up some KFC and headed up the canyon.  We arrived at Tibble Fork and found a spot to eat our lunch, then drove on over the top of the Alpine Loop, noting that there wasn't much color on the mountain yet.  We headed down towards Cascade Springs and found more color on the mountain

It was one of those days that I wish we had two "fancy" camera's, Rachael and I both wanted to be taking pictures and we had to share the camera.  Rachael took this great shot, it was just what she wanted to get, the shot with the sun burst

We enjoyed walking around the path at Cascade Springs taking pictures and enjoying the beautiful weather, the beautiful world that we live in and the beautiful family we were with.

If  you look closely you can see the fish in the pond.

Look closely  - Can you find the Caterpiller?

Is this caterpiller easier to spot?  We saw quite a few of these cute little things around.  I imagine there will be lots of butterflies in a couple of weeks.

It was a GREAT afternoon.  Thanks Richard and Rachael for spending it with me.

Cougars vs Utes

Richard and I got tickets to the BYU vs Utah football game on September 17th.  We started they day by going to the Macey's Pre Game Party.  They served a steak dinner for $3.00

I did the kiddie game and won a bag of potato chips.

We hung around until they did the drawings for all the fun stuff, tickets, shirts, blankets, etc

We left with a RED Blanket

Then it was off to the footbal game in LaVelle Edwards Stadium

AWESOME - the flag covered the entire football field.

Every year the Army ROTC from each school does a run with the game football, they start at one school and run the ball to the field hosting the game.  This is the presentation of the game ball.

We were entertained by the BYU Cougar Marchiing Band

We had white pom-poms on our seats when we arrived, it looked really cool to see our half of the stadium waving them

That is the last of the pictures, because it was time to start watching the game.  The atomsphere was electric, the crowd on their feet the whole time, the noise loud.  We had a BLAST!  The Cougars had a very rough night and lost badly.  We called this day our Wedding Anniversary Celebration - 17 years of loving each other and doing the things we enjoy together.

Go Jordan Go!

My nephew Jordan is playing football this year.  He is on a Junior High aged team associated with the Viewmont Vikings.  We went to a game where he played the team from Woods Cross. 

Jordan is number 99

Ready - Set - Hike - Tackle

GO VIKINGS GO!

The half time pep talk

WAY TO GO VIKINGS!! You beat Woods Cross!

Jordan you were GREAT!

Deseret Star Theater

My parents wanted to continue with their 50th Wedding Anniversay Celebrations while my brother and his family were here visiting so we all went to the Deseret Star Theater. 

At the end of the play they announced Mom and Dad's name and that they were there celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary.  Everyone in the audience sings "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and they dance at their table.