Our Memorial Day usually only entails grabbing the camping chairs and trekking the couple of blocks to the parade, but this year both Alice and Emily marched, but in two different parades!
The 8th graders in Potterville were invited to march with the band in their parade, so Emily and I were up and out the door for a 930 roll call.
Alice wasn't quite ready for her parade when we left, and I don't know where on earth we put her music binder. = ( So it was a tough morning. I left her band polo and shorts out for her and sent a screenshot of the band director's email* to her and Billy. Billy ran up to Sarah's to get a flautist's music binder, but when I saw Alice in the parade, she was the *only* one out of uniform. = (
I am glad that Emily's parade was over and done with in enough time for the two of us to make it back to see Alice's parade here in the village!
One of the candies from the parade was a Bazooka gum! I haven't seen one of these in years, and they were old when I was young!!!
Since Alice has voluntarily ended her Band tenure, this was the beginning and end of an era. If you haven't picked up on it so far, I'm a little sad about that. = (
So next year, it will just be Emily, but then the number should increase from there, since the twins start their musical journey this fall!
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Thankful to those who served and didn't return, as well as those who did!
later days
*things were a little different this year, because the Holt parade was cancelled. I joked with Alice, asking her if I were expecting members of the American Legion at her Cold War birthday party, because she bribed them with an invite if they cancelled the parade.
edit 6-8-25: backdated for continuity.
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