It's a parade! - Page 3

wolf · 11-30-2009, 12:22 AM

Marched in many. I was a genuine Band Geek. Played Clarinet and Xylophone. The Clarinet was easier to carry. Marched in The Miss America Parade three times, across some bridge linking the US and Canada at Niagara Falls, assorted local parades (Memorial Day and Christmas), couple of Phillies Games, and at DisneyWorld, back when it was relatively new (1978).

I did most of my early growing up in the Midwest, so the Village's 4th of July Parade was a very big deal, either was there watching with my family, or marching with my Brownie Troop, which was a very big deal, as I got to carry the U.S. Flag. dadwolf worked at an office building on Wacker Drive in Chicago, so he'd take us into his office to watch the big parades, including Saint Pat's.

A cousin took siswolf and I to the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade one year, sometime in the 70s. I remember being fascinated by what were then called Drill Teams and are now referred to as Step Crews.

monster · 11-30-2009, 07:43 AM

Step Crew really doesn't have the same double entendre potential.....

still, I'll do my best.....

Urbane Guerrilla · 12-01-2009, 10:39 PM

It does go well with police uniform shirt colors. Even highway patrol khaki, being a neutral, can work. Just not saffron, the way red and green clan tartans can.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-26-2009, 06:42 PM

Went to the Thanksgiving Parade in Philly, once, it was worth seeing, once.
Saw the Easter Parade in New York, but that's a different animal.
Most of the ballons in the New York Parade, will be in the Springfield, Massachusetts Parade, the next day.

11-30-2009, 12:22 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Marched in many. I was a genuine Band Geek. Played Clarinet and Xylophone. The Clarinet was easier to carry. Marched in The Miss America Parade three times, across some bridge linking the US and Canada at Niagara Falls, assorted local parades (Memorial Day and Christmas), couple of Phillies Games, and at DisneyWorld, back when it was relatively new (1978). I did most of my early growing up in the Midwest, so the Village's 4th of July Parade was a very big deal, either was there watching with my family, or marching with my Brownie Troop, which was a very big deal, as I got to carry the U.S. Flag. dadwolf worked at an office building on Wacker Drive in Chicago, so he'd take us into his office to watch the big parades, including Saint Pat's. A cousin took siswolf and I to the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade one year, sometime in the 70s. I remember being fascinated by what were then called Drill Teams and are now referred to as Step Crews. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-30-2009, 07:43 AM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Step Crew really doesn't have the same double entendre potential..... still, I'll do my best..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-01-2009, 10:39 PM	#3
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	It does go well with police uniform shirt colors. Even highway patrol khaki, being a neutral, can work. Just not saffron, the way red and green clan tartans can. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-26-2009, 06:42 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Went to the Thanksgiving Parade in Philly, once, it was worth seeing, once. Saw the Easter Parade in New York, but that's a different animal. Most of the ballons in the New York Parade, will be in the Springfield, Massachusetts Parade, the next day. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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