Day 78

Date: July 31, 2011
Time: 10:47pm (EST)
Playing on iTunes: "Requiem in D Minor: K. 626" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


Location: Charlotte, NC
Recent Trip: 250 miles

And North we go! Here we are in the Charlotte area. Only a few stops from my home show in Lawrence, MA!! The last time I was in the Carolinas was when my grandmother lived down here seven years ago. I forgot how beautiful it was. The weather was very comfortable. You'd think the south would be hot in the summer, but today was surprisingly a very comfortable day.

The front entrance to the school.

We pulled into the school around 8a since we had a very long drive from the night before. We were required to drive back to the school from yesterday to take all of the guard luggage off the old broken down bus and fit it into various places throughout the rest of the convoy. Then fit the actual colorguard in all the different busses splitting them up between the admin, staff, and member busses. So that kept us until about 3a. We woke up today at 10:15a to make sure we had ample time to rehearse.


Hop let the pit leave early from rehearsal because there was another threat of rain so he wanted to make sure that we got all the instruments in the truck before the rain came. Fortunately the rain didn't come...but unfortunately it did not come until later.

We got to the show site and there had already been one rain delay on the beginning of the show. Sitting on the bus, the drummers became very restless waiting for a word from the admin so we knew whether to get mentally prepared for another drive or for the show.

After sitting on the busses for about 45 minutes, Rudy came on the bus and told us that the show was cancelled. This was too bad, because it was a G8 show and when we drove in, I saw the stands and there were a large amount of people in the stands. I was getting very excited to perform in front of a large crowd again.

So unfortunately no show tonight, but we are now on our way to Virginia for a rehearsal day and a show the next day. Let's get 'em Cadets!!

Thought of the Day: "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve." - Napoleon Hill