Day 1: Universal Studios
At Universal Studios we rode all the rides that we wanted to. It was a weekday, so the lines were pretty short. My favorite was probably the Mummy and the Simpson's ride. We were also able to drive by Wysteria Lane, the set used to film the Desperate Housewives television series. We had a good time and the weather was perfect!
Day 2: Disneyland and Main Street Parade
Friday October 31st we loaded the busses with instruments and performance gear and headed to the happiest place on earth! Disneyland =0] We played around in the parks until about 2:00 when we had to meet in Mickey's Toon Town where we were taken backstage to prepare for a parade down main street.
It was fun finally going back stage, but it was true that the magic stops at the gate...
After everyone changed and warmed up, it was time for the parade. It was a short parade, but it was a blast for the students. I waited at Main Street Square where the band to pass so that I could do backstage again to chaperone all of the students that we were with. They did a great job and once again I think that it was a really great experience for the band members!
Here are some of the pictures that I was able to snap:
Banner followed by the Color Guard
Drum Majors followed by thePleasant Grove High School Marching Band
Drum line and the director; "Mr B"Day 3: Riverside Community College Marching Bank Competition
Today we woke up early, loaded the busses, and headed to Riverside Community College for the Marching Band Competition. We got everything ready and started warmups. At about noon we headed to a warm-up area in preparation for the competition.
I didn't get any pictures of the competition because I was helping get setup on the field, but from where I sat it looked like the band did a great job. In the end though we didn't end up bringing any awards home. We were given a video of the competition and we could see that the students kind of fell apart a couple times and the energy wasn't there that should have been. They didn't suck, but it wasn't the best competition. Oh well, it was still fun.
Once the high schools were done with their competitions, the RCC Marching Band took to the field to give us a show. This was the 25th anniversary of the school or the competition so the team did a Beatles compilation, which was incredible. I wanted to watch it so I didn't get video. I did get a clip of the Drum Line after the show as the awards were being prepared. Check the video out below. It is a low quality recording, but it was a great performance for the drum team.
Medieval Times - For dinner we headed to the Anaheim Medieval Times dinner and show. We were assigned to cheer for the Yellow knight as seen below in the picture.
The Yellow Knight, Our Knight...The show was really fun and we had a good time.
Day 4: Drive Home
Today we took off at about 9 and headed home. We stopped every couple of hours for bathroom breaks, so the trip took a while. It started to get cold and that is how I knew that we were getting close =0[ (i hate the cold, fyi) We finally got home late Sunday night/Monday morning, and I just went home to go to bed and go to work the following day. =0)
Fun tour, I think that everyone had a good time, and we didn't have any huge issues, Yay for a good tour! =0)
1 comment:
I will try not to hate you forever for going. :-) It sounds like you had a great time.
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