With all of the other events going on related to football and other things, our band has started a new tradition within the last few years of doing a Senior Recognition Day event in the football stadium on an otherwise athletics-free time. This year that meant last Sunday from Noon to 1:00 pm.
The audience is mainly band parents, especially Senior band parents, but it is always nice that Coach Ricci of the football team encourages football players to come out and support the band. Coach Ricci along with maybe 30 of the football players were in attendance, which was nice. The show of support was appreciated, and this was also the only time that these football people would ever get to see the halftime routine that we play at all of their games...
The band plays a bunch of songs.
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| Band in the Arc, at the Ready |
The Seniors are announced and come to the middle of the field with their parent/family escorts.
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| Grace's Beloved Clarinet Section (Grace with Mace) |
Many individual pictures are taken.
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| Drum Majors at Ease (Grace at right) |
The Seniors rejoin the band to perform their halftime routine.
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| Drum Majors Saluting (Grace at right) |
Seniors come to the front and the band, minus the seniors, plays a song or two to the Seniors.
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| Drum Majors, goofing off |
The event comes to a formal conclusion, and a great many other section and group pictures are taken.
I've helped run a couple of these for other Seniors and their parents/families. Today I was prevented from working the event and got to walk with my Senior. It was...special.
We are still fairly early in Grace's Senior year, but too many "lasts" are happening.
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