The thrill of marching

glenda smith

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Son with high school band led the Macy's opening Thanksgiving Day Parade many years ago.

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nickel_kg
last year
An event for all those kids and families to remember with pride! :-)
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rob333 (zone 7b)
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We led the Fiesta Bowl parade. A couple of classes after I graduated, they marched in the Macy's Day parade. The parade was a contest, and the winning band got to be in the fiesta bowl game. I will say, we'd won practically every award (including the governor's cup) for the parade my group marched in and we WANTED to come in second so we could spend the day at the pool instead of marching at the game and sitting on bleachers. Maybe our hearts weren't in it, or we hoped enough. The parade proved enough, and we had a blast at the pool! Good times, good times.
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colleenoz
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We used to do a formation marching display on the school oval (playing field) for our annual Sports Day which the parents came to see. All of the students were divided into four factions, Red, Blue, Green and Yellow, and each faction would perform the same routine simultaneously, but with each group starting from a different corner of the field. We would do lines and fans and interweaves and all kinds of things to music. I really enjoyed it and it was a great sport for someone like me who had poor depth vision so sucked at ball games.
morz8 - Washington Coast
last year
Good memories, Glenda. You must have been proud that day. It's been a long time since I've been to a real parade, and I've never been to any of the larger parades. Last year my nephew and his wife did a 'bucket list' item and made early reservations for Thanksgiving in NY, flew across the country to be at the Macy's parade. :)
blfenton
last year
Wow - what an exciting day that must have been for you and for your sons school. Such a nice memory to have.
Rusty
last year
Wow, that's great, Glenda! A wonderful memory, thank you for sharing it with us!

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beesneeds
last year
I marched in the Macy's parade when I was a kid. Drum corps rather than band. Somewhere mixed in, we didn't lead the parade. It was an amazing good time. We were all the best members of different corps put together to make an all star corps. Had to learn our routine in less than a week. It was super cold that year, I was lucky I could dress warm under my uniform. We got treated to a nice Italian place- the food was boring. Treated to Radio City Music Hall- it was incredible and memorable.

Now I watch the parade every year and it makes me smile. This year I watched it on Youtube. There was a live streamer at a great spot halfway through the parade. No ads or commentators, just straight parade watching. So good. I also got to catch a different live streamer before the parade started that walked the backline of the lineup. That was neat, all the floats and balloons lined up, the familiar sounds of bands warming up. Memories :)

I feel with you Glenda, and your son. Having that experience is something to be treasured.
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bpath
last year
That must have been so exciting to watch, Glenda! I hope the cameras didn’t pan away too soon for you, so you got a good look at him.
glenda smith
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spied him as they preformed in front of Macy's :o)

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