This picture is rather dark....but this is the Turner Ashby Marching Knights in competition on October 6th in Salem Stadium. Salem is down by Roanoke, and about 30 miles north of Virginia Tech. There were 13 bands in all. Since we were the ONLY band in our "district".....we came in first in EVERYTHING! But, seriously, they did fantastic! Their scores were better than last week, and the crowd seemed to love them. They looked very classy and when they came into view and onto the field, they did so with precision, the drums keeping cadence. It was an enjoyable day. The shows were great. The National Anthem was at 5pm, and we left for Harrisonburg at 9:30. We got home about midnight. We had recorded the Ohio State game...and watched that until almost 3am! I think I'm nuts.
See that cute bass drum player? The second biggest drum? Yep....that's Josh!
Here he comes again.
At one point the bass drums come off the field, take off their hats and drums, and play with the percussion pit crew. Josh plays the chimes. (not sure if that's the "official" percussion term for them...but that's what they seem to me.)
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Cool pics...--... I've been transferring 8mm Digital-8 video tapes of Ft. Defiance Marching Indians to DVDs. Nobody makes D8 players anymore so if I don't get them all transferred soon, they'll be lost forever. One thing I've just noticed: It's surprising how many times the Marching Indians marched across the last nine years!
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