I Hate a Parade

wolf · 12-27-2003, 01:39 AM

I haven't watched the mummers since they ruined it and let women in. I'm not really fond of any other sorts of parades, either. The last such event I actually enjoyed as an adult was at a National Fire Convention and it was really all about the Antique Fire Apparatus.

I was in marching band through high school. I loved marching band, particularly the competitions. Parades were one of the necessary evils. Usually, we did two a year, The Miss America Parade in AC, and a local Christmas Parade. The Miss America Parade involved two miserable, long, hot miles in wool uniforms in high humidity.

We'd also occasionally have to do a parade during our Annual Band Trip ... the two most memorable being Walt Disney World and Niagara Falls, which involved marching to the Canadian side and back.

View Poll Results: With New Years Day just ahead, are you looking forward to the Parades?
I Can't wait for the Parades to begin!	1	4.00%
I look down upon those who participate in Parades	2	8.00%
What?	6	24.00%
I'm mildly entertained by Parades if they're well done.	8	32.00%
Where's my AK-47? Like shooting fish in a bucket!	8	32.00%
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12-27-2003, 01:39 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I haven't watched the mummers since they ruined it and let women in. I'm not really fond of any other sorts of parades, either. The last such event I actually enjoyed as an adult was at a National Fire Convention and it was really all about the Antique Fire Apparatus. I was in marching band through high school. I loved marching band, particularly the competitions. Parades were one of the necessary evils. Usually, we did two a year, The Miss America Parade in AC, and a local Christmas Parade. The Miss America Parade involved two miserable, long, hot miles in wool uniforms in high humidity. We'd also occasionally have to do a parade during our Annual Band Trip ... the two most memorable being Walt Disney World and Niagara Falls, which involved marching to the Canadian side and back. __________________ 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

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