tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post2971010900881559527..comments2024-03-28T16:10:19.842-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Memorial Day ParadesJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-228760377967788612019-05-27T23:53:48.822-04:002019-05-27T23:53:48.822-04:00I’ll check it out, Liz!I’ll check it out, Liz!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86895713097871957642019-05-27T23:53:28.701-04:002019-05-27T23:53:28.701-04:00I was in percussion just like my sons! Band gave m...I was in percussion just like my sons! Band gave me discipline and a place to belong. An invaluable experience!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2934054491711849472019-05-27T23:51:27.368-04:002019-05-27T23:51:27.368-04:00Oh, I love bagpipes! Oh, I love bagpipes! Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90665221345254313402019-05-27T23:50:41.722-04:002019-05-27T23:50:41.722-04:00Love the radio idea! Ha!Love the radio idea! Ha!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-2207975862466494752019-05-27T23:50:11.757-04:002019-05-27T23:50:11.757-04:00Arlington is breathtaking. I’ll never forget seein...Arlington is breathtaking. I’ll never forget seeing it or feeling what it means to lose so many lives.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42627648856418936072019-05-27T23:49:02.297-04:002019-05-27T23:49:02.297-04:00Oh, I want to go!!!Oh, I want to go!!!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5626630651791624962019-05-27T23:48:03.082-04:002019-05-27T23:48:03.082-04:00Perfectly said, Debs!Perfectly said, Debs!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3068525803725758792019-05-27T23:47:01.104-04:002019-05-27T23:47:01.104-04:00Diana - small towns are the best!Diana - small towns are the best!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28447512552899794132019-05-27T23:46:31.413-04:002019-05-27T23:46:31.413-04:00LOL - oh, yes, sometimes it really is a snail’s pa...LOL - oh, yes, sometimes it really is a snail’s pace!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77370767488960243672019-05-27T23:45:44.154-04:002019-05-27T23:45:44.154-04:00I’d love to see the Thanksgiving Day parade!!!I’d love to see the Thanksgiving Day parade!!!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23223458703317612082019-05-27T21:39:30.362-04:002019-05-27T21:39:30.362-04:00Hank, I have seen it. As a kid of 7 or 8 ( and sin...Hank, I have seen it. As a kid of 7 or 8 ( and since). I don't think my sister or I ever quite recovered from seeing Robert Wagner as the romantic lead! but now I love the marches just as much or more.<br />Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66524141262241499122019-05-27T21:37:00.877-04:002019-05-27T21:37:00.877-04:00Gigi, my years of marching band were mostly in Tex...Gigi, my years of marching band were mostly in Texas also. Started in Ranger, then Moore, OK, then Athens, Pleasanton and East Texas State University (now Texas A&M at Commerce). Us Texans take band seriously and so does my adopted state of Wyoming.Beverly Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753100340758588722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16446411198158149482019-05-27T20:33:54.737-04:002019-05-27T20:33:54.737-04:00No band, I was in the chorus so no marching in par...No band, I was in the chorus so no marching in parades.Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71685880150608033862019-05-27T19:22:12.268-04:002019-05-27T19:22:12.268-04:00Yes, love parades--and hate the crowds too! LOL! ...Yes, love parades--and hate the crowds too! LOL! Here is link to my blog post on the topic: http://www.lizboeger.com/ Hope you stop by and leave a comment! Be Well!Liz Boegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849249805836622070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9759965997968267232019-05-27T15:58:07.738-04:002019-05-27T15:58:07.738-04:00I remember my grandparents calling it Decoration D...I remember my grandparents calling it Decoration Day, Ann. They would take us down to the old family cemeteries in the country and we would clean and decorate the graves. Here in Texas, folks in rural counties still organize cemetery days in the spring where they do maintenance on the old churchyard cemeteries.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51285355442314297802019-05-27T15:54:35.327-04:002019-05-27T15:54:35.327-04:00I have no kids in the marching band, so I can say ...I have no kids in the marching band, so I can say without bias that band kids are the best.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18268208790606641782019-05-27T15:53:27.916-04:002019-05-27T15:53:27.916-04:00You need to come to Dallas this July 4, Karen. I ...You need to come to Dallas this July 4, Karen. I know a band. We do a great Stars and Stripes Forever.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52256465856350690192019-05-27T15:51:43.467-04:002019-05-27T15:51:43.467-04:00I know about the Cheyenne Frontier Days Parade. T...I know about the Cheyenne Frontier Days Parade. There's a competition for the bands that march there and to be chosen to march is a big, nationally recognized honor in the band world.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52885170340186916242019-05-27T15:48:51.879-04:002019-05-27T15:48:51.879-04:00I grew up in a tiny town that had a big band progr...I grew up in a tiny town that had a big band program, and we had the best small-town July 4 parades. Lots of homemade floats (hay wagons with bunting) featuring all the local ladies clubs with their flowers or quilts or whatever on display, and streamer-bedecked bicycles zooming all around. The band would march into view, and the memories still make me misty-eyed. <br /><br />Then I moved to a slightly larger town in Texas, where they had the rodeo parade in mid-June and the Peach Festival parade in mid-July, and blew off July 4 entirely, until this one year when somebody at the Chamber of Commerce decided we probably ought to make note of the fact that we did actually belong to that larger national entity that celebrated independence from England, not Mexico. I worked for the county hospital then, and was happy to get together a float. It wasn't until the actual line-up for the parade that I realized the high school band was not marching? No band? Unheard of! "MY band is marching today," I told everybody who would listen. "I guarantee you, my high school band is marching somewhere today."<br /><br />And it was. When I got home that night I caught a story on a national news broadcast following President George H. W. Bush celebrating an old-fashioned small-town July 4 parade. There, proudly passing the reviewing stand, was the Willard High School Marching Tiger Band. My band not only marched, it marched for the president of the United States.<br /><br />In years since, both "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Land of Hope and Glory" (Pomp and Circumstance March #2, for those of you who are not British) have become a regular part of my life in the summer. I cannot tell you how many of my musician friends love the graduation gigs, but get so, so tired of playing that last part of P&C2 over and over again.<br /><br />Now, a couple of questions: How many Reds played in the band? What did you play? Do you think band was important in shaping the adults you became? I played clarinet.Gigi Norwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495357787099352860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45078083680737493452019-05-27T15:31:42.900-04:002019-05-27T15:31:42.900-04:00Just reading these comments causes tears. I know t...Just reading these comments causes tears. I know the Scouts have spent their weekend lining the drives of the cemetery with flags for annual commemoration. Some years, we have had a fly over from Travis. I tend avoid that area of town, way to crowded.<br /><br />Rhys, did you and yours ever get to The Luther Burbank Rose Parade and Festival when you lived in Marin county? That's the big parade in Santa Rosa. Every May - rain or shine. I spent my childhood across the street from Burbank's Home as the parade passed.... Color Guard, Fire, Police, Sheriff departments, the Grand Marshall, dignitaries, bands, a few floats pulled by tractors or trucks. The parade always ended with horses. My sophomore year my high school band joined Sheriff's Department's Bagpipe Band to lead the parade, our Vice Principal was part of the band. I always looked for the Campion Precision Drill group, they were so impressive. I need to get a new flag holder for the apartment, I miss flying my flag. Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12568071596612764942019-05-27T15:27:40.108-04:002019-05-27T15:27:40.108-04:00Ooh, Stars & Stripes Forever! Love, love, love...Ooh, Stars & Stripes Forever! Love, love, love that march.Karen in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002794561817071780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8213101695253467222019-05-27T15:05:25.868-04:002019-05-27T15:05:25.868-04:00I was in London for Remembrance Day years ago. We ...I was in London for Remembrance Day years ago. We attended church at St Paul's Cathedral and the service was very moving. I believe I still have my poppy from back then too.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16242979358422018242019-05-27T15:02:24.088-04:002019-05-27T15:02:24.088-04:00I love parades and I got weepy just reading about ...I love parades and I got weepy just reading about these. We attended when we lived in small towns. Those parades are the best! I've been to very few here in Houston: crowds and heat. Since we moved back, one rodeo parade and several art car parades until it got to be too much. When we lived in Minnesota there was a boat parade on our lake every 4th of July. That was a lot of fun. Funniest parade? 4th of July in Lubbock Texas back in the early 80s. There was a fleet of lowriders that had me howling when they started bouncing. And a local radio station handed out cheapie transistor radios to anyone who would march in their group and play music on that one station as their accompaniment. See? You don't have to have a marching band!Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76005698438682384162019-05-27T13:56:48.264-04:002019-05-27T13:56:48.264-04:00I'm like Hallie, loving the parades but not ne...I'm like Hallie, loving the parades but not necessarily the crowds. And, like Hank, I can get a little teary-eyed at the parades honoring those who have served our country. I'm not attending anything this Memorial Day, but my husband helped put out flags on Friday and today is with a couple of his fellow veterans at a service and a luncheon. I'm so grateful for those who have sacrificed for our country. One of the most moving experiences I've had is visiting Arlington National Cemetery, looking out across all those grave markers and feeling the impact of sacrifice from those who died and those they left behind.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69523778970414449442019-05-27T12:03:04.941-04:002019-05-27T12:03:04.941-04:00I was in too many parades to count while participa...I was in too many parades to count while participating in marching band in junior high, high school and college. So much fun! Then all three of my daughters were in marching band as well. Here in Cheyenne, WY we have Cheyenne Frontier Days the last full week of July. What an excuse to party! We have four parades, rodeos every day, concerts every night, free pancake breakfasts that feed thousands in Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and much more. Many veteran and active military groups March in the parades, as well as local and far away marching bands. Not to mention rodeo queens from as far away as Australia. It's a fun and busy week for everyone who stays in town. Many locals choose to take their annual vacation during that week. Tee hee!Beverly Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753100340758588722noreply@blogger.com