So yesterday was a BLAST!!! The UW and WSU alumni bands were going to be performing in a parade and at the Skagit County Fair. So we thought we'd go all dressed up in our Cougar gear and support the bands. We decided to leave Alexis at home and have a day with just Natalie. So where we parked we had to walk past the groups in the parade, and as doing so we passed the Cougar Alumni Band. When they saw us walking past all in our Cougar gear, they started yelling us over. They were short of a banner holder, they had one little girl, Bridget, who was going to hold it up, but they needed another, so Natalie was designated as a Junior Cougar Banner holder. AND in talking to them, we slipped that we had been in the marching band as well, so they tried to get us to play. Of course, I didn't have my sax in my back pocket so I couldn't play. But when they found out that Peter played the tuba they were extatic. As it turns out the guy who was planning on playing the tuba was also planning on trying to keep a beat on the drum at the same time. So Peter got to ride on the truck with the band and play the tuba and Natalie and I walked in front of the truck with Bridget holding the banner (well the girls held the banner, I just made sure they kept walking fast enough so that they kept up with the group in front of us). Yes they were on a truck, which to their defense, there were only 11 of them (including Peter), the drum had a stand (a little hard to carry and play at the same time), and one of the players had a bad leg, so the truck was kind of needed. I didn't bring my camera, but I did see someone taking pictures of us in the parade, so I cornered her and asked her to email me the pics. I haven't gotten anything yet, but when I do, I'll post some here.
Natalie and Bridget bonded immediately, so after the parade, we hung out with her and her parents, who were in the band of course. They had a lot of fun together, they(we) went in a bouncy house, milked a "cow" and saw a bunch of farm animals. They loved the baby pigs! We all had lunch and then it was off to the practice room to warm up for the concert. Natalie and Bridget got to dance onstage during the concert and they had a ton of fun! Natalie even got to yell "Go Cougs!" in the microphone.... twice! She had so much fun! And the band, well, let's just say they're as bad as ever. It didn't help that 5 of the 11 was low brass, 2 percussionists, 1 trumpet, 1 alto sax (that I couldn't hear at all) and a flute and a piccalo. So basically all you heard was the low brass and the piccalo. Haha but it was still fun! Peter had a blast playing again, so much so that he had me sign us up to be in the band. I think we're insane!
I took pictures on my cell phone of the concert so I changed the slide show above.
