After nearly a month of not blogging in, I have a second parade under my brass-buckled kilt belt, & this time it was a home-town affair. Not too spectacular on our part; again we were short on personnel. Did the same droning & faking as before & didn't impress myself. The parade ended in front of my town's old high school, which has stood vacant for a few years. The drum sergeant's wife reported liking its facade.The structure's still not out of danger of demolition but may yet see conversion to other use. Its newer companion building, not so sentimentally regarded, was flattened this year except for its gymnasium.

The band gathered again at the popular park next to the State U campus, where it seems extraneous events were synchronized with the afternoon's football game. The big attraction: free food & beer. We gave a little concert when the U band took a break.