Hip, hip, hooray...3 parades in one day!
We made it...Vanguard celebrated America's birthday in grand fashion by marching 3 parades in the northern Chicago suburbs in 1 day. At 10:00 am we were in Lake Bluff, IL followed by Deerfield, IL at noon then Northbrook, IL at 2:30.
Anybody remember the Fourth of July last year?? These same 3 parades were all marched in temperatures over 100 degrees, and as hard as we tried to keep the kids watered, we still had a half a dozen or so go down from the heat. But I'm happy to report that this year the temps peaked at 80 degrees and all the kids did great! As a matter of fact, they seemed to get stronger with each parade!
I'll bet they were picking up energy from the crowds, who were absolutely in love with LVW! We've added some super crowd-pleasing moves, including an ending to Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is that practically has the band sitting in the crowd's lap by the last few notes!
After the parades we headed for Navy Pier on beautiful Lake Michigan for some well-deserved R&R, then it was on to Illinois Lutheran HS for the night.
We'll be up in the morning for the trip to Traverse City and the Cherryland Classic field show. Should be a good one!
Check back in tomorrow for more news on the best band in the world!
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