Governor's Day is an early-September event where all (or a bunch of) the soldiers in the Utah National Guard congregate at Camp Williams for a ceremonial inspection by the Governor and Adjutant General. The event is a big one for the guard band because we serve as the rhythm section that keeps all the soldiers (and most of the airmen) in step. In the past, I have participated by not playing the flute, not playing the clarinet, not playing the sousaphone, not playing the saxophone, and not playing (very well) some piece of percussion equipment.
My role now has been reclassified to taking pictures for the band facebook page.
The event is enjoyable enough, but getting 3,000 cars in and out of Camp Williams is messy. They do a pretty good job coordinating it, but poor Redwood Road was just not designed for that volume of traffic. I did find it extremely entertaining watching the guy behind me (who was obviously not a soldier nor expecting to be trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic) LOSE HIS BRAINS every time the the line of cars came to a complete stop. I'm pretty sure his blood pressure was in the 160/110 range.
The band sounded great, and the Governor's speech was brief and inspiring. The weather was cool enough that we didn't have too many fainting soldiers.
I've been looking at the pictures trying to find Scott. Then it occurred to me.............he probably isn't in the pictures since he was the one taking the pictures! By the way, great pictures Scott!
ReplyDeleteNice! You are always getting stuck taking picture of the gov!!! :) I like that one with the smoke in the back.
ReplyDeleteAwesome pictures. Facebook will be pleased XD
ReplyDeleteNice! I can empathize with the blood boiling guy. Whenever I am stuck in serious traffic I kinda lose my head. In retrospect the few minutes it cost me really wasn't something worth getting THAT upset about. :)
ReplyDeleteMary, I tracked you down!!! I feel almost kind of nosey, hope yo don't mind. I've been thinking about you lately, I even tried to call a few months ago. I just heard about Katie today, we will be praying for her. Anyhow, if you get this message, I'd love to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteMuch cooler than playing T. Sax.
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