day 1

It has started. Everything we have been working for all year long is finally worth it. STAMPEDE WEEK.

Day one went off without a hitch.

The Stampede Parade had probably the best weather a parade has had in years, and we had Mike Holmes as the marshall, and we completed it in about an hour and fifteen minutes. The brass did an excellent job, I don't think anyone dropped out and we all looked and sounded great. We brought the energy, now to harness it for the next nine days.

The stage sets went great too. Jon and I have our Stampede week range back, and its getting pretty ridiculous. Outriders and the two of us seem to be making, or ignoring rather, cutoffs a lot more, hah.

I would update the blog with more information, but I have a 6:00am call time today at VCC, and my carpool is not here yet. Go figure.

And now you know. And knowing is half the battle, G.I. JOE!

july 1st, 2009

It has been a while since my last post, my schedule has been really hectic. Band has essentially consumed my life, and the twelve hour days with no sleep are quickly catching up.

Hell week was long, and hot, and tiring. We got a lot of stuff achieved, Second Wind is starting to really come together, the show is phenomenal, the best I have ever been a part of. Brass choir is long.

Six hours of break total for brass choir during the ten day festival that is Stampede Week. Hooray?

I just heard the dryer buzzer go off, I am going to go get my white western pants and hang them up, then bed.

Goodnight, I'll try to report daily during Stampede, hah.

Cheers.