Saturday, October 01, 2005

Apple Harvest Day - 2005

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DHS Marching Band starts its Saturday early, 0830 behind the Dover Indoor Pool.
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The Band warms up for the morning March.
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The Drumline warms up...
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The Colorguard prepares their flags for today's performance.
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The DHS Marching Band is ready...
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Parade rest...waiting for the green light...
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They are off!
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The DHS Marching Band deftly manuvers around a poorly placed fire truck....
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...and through the vendors along the crowded street...
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...there is an art to marching backwards...
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...not to mention playing an instrument and staying in step...
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..keeping time, marching, and actually hitting five drums that you are wearing...these guys are amazing...
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...into the Cocheco Falls Courtyard...
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....the band takes their place...
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...the Colorguard prepares their flags...
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...The National Anthem...
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...the banners yet wave...
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The Honorable Scott Myers Mayor of Dover, finds words for the crowd after finding his sweater for the brisk fall air.
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The band IS amused....
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...more speakers....
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...less amusement....
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...parade rest...until...
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The band starts and the colorguard spring into action
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...the crowd falls silent...
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...a blaze of swirling color...
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..drumline and flutes...
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...intensity...
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...precision...
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...pride...
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..performance...
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...more colorful flags...
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...and dazzling performances by the colorguard...
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...purple wave...
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...and a gold wave at the finale...
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DHS Marching Band triumphantly leaves the Appleharvest Day celebrations.
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...another fine performance of the DHS Marching Band...
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...filled with...
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...intensity...
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...precision...
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...pride...
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...performance...
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...There goes the DHS Marching Band...
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