We made only one appearance this year on the Fourth of July – a 6pm Parade in Utica.
The Parade route was the same as last year- an easy walk from the staging area at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and ending at the tennis courts at the Parkway Recreation Center. The only problem is that the temperature gets very hot at that time of the day.
Once again we felt honored to be asked to play the Star Spangled Banner as the Parade approached the reviewing stand. We stopped to face the stage and received a salute from a Veteran in a World War II type Army uniform - he looked eerily like Gen. Eisenhower!
The Parade route was the same as last year- an easy walk from the staging area at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and ending at the tennis courts at the Parkway Recreation Center. The only problem is that the temperature gets very hot at that time of the day.
Once again we felt honored to be asked to play the Star Spangled Banner as the Parade approached the reviewing stand. We stopped to face the stage and received a salute from a Veteran in a World War II type Army uniform - he looked eerily like Gen. Eisenhower!
The parade moved at a much slower pace than usual – we were marching behind many, many politicians running for office and they were avidly schmoozing the crowd.
Speaking of crowds – this year the spectators seemed to be noticeably sparse. We can only speculate why – the newspaper reported that on the 4th every parking space in Sylvan Beach was taken. There was no room for any more cars. Looks like the Beach is the in-thing this year.
We would like to give a shout-out to some fellow marchers – the Laurens High School Band. They looked sharp and sounded great. A good job for a small school of 400 students – Bravo!
We would like to give a shout-out to some fellow marchers – the Laurens High School Band. They looked sharp and sounded great. A good job for a small school of 400 students – Bravo!
VIVA LA BANDA ROSSA!!
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