Some things take time, and you never get them by rushing people. We’ve been at the Parade Band for just over a month now, and it had always been my hope that the band would shed the music stands and sprout legs and wander the lawns of Exhibition Park, and last night it finally happened.
People were just ready to do it, we knew one song well enough, things were feeling light hearted and optimistic, the light was just right? Who knows? The details are not important. The details don’t get you a bunch of buddies goofing around in the park. You had to be there.
But, we worked our way out of our little stand of trees into the sunlight and learned to take it first steps.