@jazmina
What a fun job that must have been !
@Kayak
I checked out that site. Cool. Unfortunately the vids I tried to watch aren’t compatible with iPhone :(
I wish they hadn’t stopped showing them on PBS. If there have been any theaters showing them, they sure didn’t give it much publicity as I was oblivious.
I’ve had to settle for a once a year fix on New Years day (sort of).
The Philly Mummers parade isn’t quite the same with a bunch of drunken guys marching down Broad St. and doing a short choreographed routine in front of the judges stand. But it’s better than nothing.
But, in fairness, they do work on these performances all year long and make their own outfits.
And Banjos and Sax is a totally different sound from D & B, but it tends to grow on you after awhile.
One of the local stations would broadcast the whole Megillah beginning at 9 AM and ending about 12 or more hours later.
Some of the clubs were really great, but there were many others basically ok but…
Even the lowest ranked marching bands and corps were really great. It took a lot of dedication to make it to those finals.
Whenever I manage to get to DC the one thing I want to see most is the Marine close-order drill team. No music, but the precision and those spinning rifles are awesome. Saw it in a docu. once and would love to catch it live.