I was in color guard in HS and college....
You forgot about standing in the rain in band camp w/ 6-foot aluminum poles in the air, and an electrical storm approaching.
Lessee...........
Doing a pre-game for the soccer team, where the teams outnumbered the fans. Oh joy.....
Hiking up a 60-degree hill to get to the practice field.
(Segue to college band years)
The old Commonwealth Armory as a practice stadium. Great for use in bad weather but no ladies latrines and rats big enough to look like Cadillacs with feet.
Standing around the exhaust pipe of the ambulance parked by the field. In November, it's the warmest thing around.
(Segue to winter pep band in college)
Just WAITING for the hockey team to score 10 goals so that the band director would have to put his money where his big yap was and buy us all beer. (It happened my junior year at the Beanpot against Harvard--the director never made that promise again.)
Ah, the "good ole days".....
Adrienne
