Tag:marching bands
I can’t look a the this image without wondering what was the joke? What was it this guy saw or heard that so obviously cracked him up? So New Orleans is music and music is New Orleans. The music of New Orleans transcends all manner of cultural boundaries. Unlike the students in the high school marching bands, many of the professional or semi-professional musicians get to ride on floats. They typically play traditional New Orleans jazz. I just get a […]
A parade is not a parade without music! Interspersed between the floats are marching bands, in the most part from High Schools. Accompanied by Drill Teams and Dance Teams, these foot-soldiers are granted the, in my view, unenviable task of marching the entire parade route, usually in footwear I certainly wouldn’t care to put on my feet! I admire these kids. At any given time at least one of the bands in the parade will be playing but they don’t […]
