KVG_DC Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 More memories from 31 years ago. (As anyone who has marched the Rose Parade knows...the memory of it lasts forever). We played Crown Imperial, English Folk Song Suite, and something else which eludes me right now(it WAS 31 years ago!) We'd been told we should not stop playing for the entire 30 minutes it would take to get through the US and International TV zones. If we stopped playing, cameras would turn off and go to commercial. So we had 15 minutes programmed and played it through twice for that stretch. Then did the 15 minute program intermittently through the very long route. There's a turn in the route that I think is the last official turn and you end up facing the Sierra Madre. For a bunch of flatlanders, this view is nothing short of amazing. Our director was "There's the Sierra Madre, we're in the home stretch now, almost done." Of course there were like 2 1/2 miles of parade route left. This too became a continual joke for the next year whenever we were tired on the road to somewhere and had a long way to go, "Oh look!! There's the Sierra Madre! We're almost there!" Toward the end of the parade route, we played progressively worse and worse because of the fatigue and looooong day (we'd been up to get to the staging area since 4:30 AM). At some point toward the end, the parade escort for us told the director we weren't obligated to play for the rest of the route., so word went down the ranks we just had to march it out. A bit later, our director noticed that the entire crowd route was wheelchair users and hollered to us, "Hey, they've put the disabled folks at the end here, what do you say we play one more time for them?" "Yaah! 9from us, and the crowd)". We get counted off and play one last time, playing pretty darn well from the motivation and knowing it was our last step off. The folks in wheelchairs were loving it and clapping along to our beat. It was great. We reached the park where we end before we'd finished the set so our DM just marched us into a circle in our designated spot and we kept playing to the end. Some other bands and volunteers from floats came over to listen and cheer too. It was a fantastic end. Looking forward to Pacific Crest's debut in this grand parade! The experience they're having with all the appearances and events as well as the parade itself will be with them forever. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Watching on the Hallmakr channel and a bit disgusted that the “commercial free” broadcast put a big advertising banner for their Winterfest in the middle is the screen for the bulk of FloMo’s screen time. Sigh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 They did it at the start of Lassiter too. Although a bit better timed. I bet all the bands will have these screen blocking ads ruining their tv moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStarsDad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 26 minutes ago, KVG_DC said: They did it at the start of Lassiter too. Although a bit better timed. I bet all the bands will have these screen blocking ads ruining their tv moment. Hallmark coverage is being provided by KTLA ... you can stream from their website (KTLA) without the stupid Hallmark commercial popping up for every band. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Good to know. We’ve got it going via the Roku though. So not sure we can do KTLA that way. Pacific Creat didn’t have the interruption! Yay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStarsDad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 8 minutes ago, KVG_DC said: Good to know. We’ve got it going via the Roku though. So not sure we can do KTLA that way. Pacific Creat didn’t have the interruption! Yay. PC looked really good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brichtimp Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 PC looked and sounded excellent...nice foot phasing, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I like the color patterning if the uniforms for the band from Hawai’i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corps8294 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Pacific Crest looked and sounded awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I posted my rant to them (Hallmark Channel) on Twitter, but prob won't make much difference. PC did great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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