Today, Dougie made his parade debut in the Yokosuka City Safety Parade. And my camera battery died as I attempted the first pic :( Super happy for the camera-on-phone option!
The Older Class made up the marching band and flag corp. The Younger Class marched in time with their "bling" (gold pom-pons). Four marching bands participated in this parade. Three of those bands were not yet in grade school!
Dougie played the tolio (tri-tom) again.
His friend (and, often, partner in crime), Lindsey, played the #2 bass drum. It was probably 1/3 of her body weight!
By the end of the parade, their burdens were showing - but they kept marching on!
If you are prone to motion sickness, don't watch the video too closely; it was done on the move - with everyone else. You will see the marching band, Encho Sensei (the principal), the senseis as they herd the young goats (kids), fixing hats (Dougie's visor strap fell and sat atop his glasses - and he waited for a break to fix it!), all the parents videoing their kids (me included), etc. My apologies for the lousy video-graphing. This was the beginning of the parade. They kept doing this for another 20 minutes. Three minutes was more than enough film...
The two other Yochien's that were perfuming were considerably larger than Seika and had some instrument variation. It was really amazing to see what these kindergarteners can do!
I can not imagine any kindergarten class in the States being able to march together (in feathered hats!), play instruments, etc. while being passed by traffic the entire time, much less three!!! I had a soft spot for one of the schools - they played the PLU fight song, "When The Saint's Go Marching In"
GO LUTES!!!
Our kids were picked up by about 10:00 AM this morning and got home past 16:00. Suffice to say, it was a long day. But completely entertaining! And safe... :D
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