My daughter plays for the Evergreen High School Marching Band and Color Guard. They are an award-winning campaign and have been working for a year and a half to make it to the parade this year - which they did.
Video of their 30 seconds. Keep in mind they went through Secret Service screening at 5am, stood in sub-zero temps for twelve hours with lots of water, few port-a-pottys with LOONG lines, no food and last-minute shuffles with foreign-born students and a stolen trumpet. The secret service is good ... they got the horn back.
Twenty-four schools across the nation sent campaigns to this parade out of over 1,400 applicants. In our case, the outpouring from the community was incredible - alumni, neighbors, associations, credit unions, elected officials, teachers ... even other schools gave money so our kids could make this trip.
The parade was not the only accomplishment, these kids visited Arlington, the Tomb of the Unknowns, Vietnam Memorial, National Archives, Smithsonian ... many others. The chaperones reported the most boring part of the trip for them was the Post Office ... but all other locations had them rapt.
What an opportunity for all youngsters who attended this event!
Video of their 30 seconds. Keep in mind they went through Secret Service screening at 5am, stood in sub-zero temps for twelve hours with lots of water, few port-a-pottys with LOONG lines, no food and last-minute shuffles with foreign-born students and a stolen trumpet. The secret service is good ... they got the horn back.
Twenty-four schools across the nation sent campaigns to this parade out of over 1,400 applicants. In our case, the outpouring from the community was incredible - alumni, neighbors, associations, credit unions, elected officials, teachers ... even other schools gave money so our kids could make this trip.
The parade was not the only accomplishment, these kids visited Arlington, the Tomb of the Unknowns, Vietnam Memorial, National Archives, Smithsonian ... many others. The chaperones reported the most boring part of the trip for them was the Post Office ... but all other locations had them rapt.
What an opportunity for all youngsters who attended this event!
