Monthly Archives: September 2011

Happy Labor Day!  today, we only had the boys with us during the Labor Day Parade!  Sarah and Brittany marched with the Metea Marching Mustangs, and Kirstyn participated with Anderson’s Bookstore.

Sarah and Brittany looked very professional as did the rest of the band!  We caught Brittany at a moment of smiling which was kind-of funny!

She did a great job as one of the flag bearers (as usual).  Sarah did a wonderful job keeping her folks in line in her job as a flute marching leader.  She had a tough job because she was a the very front of the band.  That front line needs to make sure they are nice and straight, or else everyone else will be off.

Kirstyn dressed up as Madeline for the parade, marching with Anderson’s Bookstore.  Our girls LOVE to do this with their friends.  I think that Sarah and Brittany were secretly jealous of Kirstyn this year.  🙂

We had a fun day today after the parade as well.  The kids relaxed and enjoyed themselves.  The down side was that Zach had a spill on his bike and hurt his hand.  His thumb is very sore and it is starting to swell.  Hopefully it’s OK!  😐

Tonight was the first home football game of the year and more importantly, the first marching band performance!  The girls did a GREAT job!  Their Elvis show is really coming together and they sound great!  The group finally has enough band members that instead of doing a single file “MV” on the field, they are now making a block “M” which looks really cool!

Brittany is the US flag bearer during the pregame show and that is pretty cool.  She’s excited about that!  Also, when they play “America the Beautiful,” they form a really cool star!

At halftime, it was fun to be down on the field again with all the Pit Crew doing the pit setup again.  Today I bought a Metea hat to match the rest of the crew.  🙂  We are still learning the ropes for the season because things have changed around a bit, but soon we’ll have it down and we’ll be working like a well-oiled machine.  🙂  There are many more on the Pit Crew than there were last year, so we should be able to do things even faster for the setup and breakdown.

Go go Mustangs!