The Sidney herald., 1956-01-19

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her court of lovely attendants Ga:
l heard so many times over
the loudspeakers along the route),
Since the bass rank was the last
one. we made a few jokes about
getting tired and tagging behind
way behind. Also, while we
were there we saw a TV camera
focused on us and so we didn't
miss the opportunity to do Nam
DO Jambo. our number to which
we do the Mambo step. After we
had done this in our most spark
ling manner, we found out to
our chagrin that that TV chan
mel wasn't telecasting then, SO
we did it only for the people in
that immediate area. Oh, well -
such is life!
Finally the parade got under
way. One of the first things /
noticed was the excitement and
anticipation in the air. The next
thing l noticed was the thousands
of people packed from the build
ings to the curbs; crowding the
bleachers along the way, sitting
and standing on chairs, mailboxes,
and lamp posts; children on their
fathers shoulders, people crowd
ing the roofs of buildings; young
and old people high in trees. You
name it, they were standing on
it. (You know that is the first
and probably the last time / shall
eve perform before a million
and a half people)! AS the parade
progressed, the excitement SEEM
ed TO increase and it wasn't until
three-quarterS of the way thru
the parade that / noticed my legs
weren't tired but that my left
shoulder. the one my horn rests
on. was giving me a sharp pain
once in a while and the arm from
the shoulder to the elbow was be-
ginning to go numb. / imagine
this was due to the action of the
horn upon it. (Six miles is a long !
way to carry IS pounds on one
shoulder without taking it off,
We also did a kick step in which
we had to tip the horns way .
back. and that didn't help the :
shoulder much. About one and :
a half miles from the end of the :
parade ! was beginning to be re- {
minded that I had feet, but to- Z
wards the end of the parade / :
would have given 20 to l odds Z
that / was walking on my ankles 7
and no longer had feet. Also, each :
step was beginning to become an Z
1t seemed so strange; one Z
minute / felt like / could march
miles and the next minute
it seemed a. if / had already
marched twelve miles r
When the parade ended it was 9
a welcome sight and conclusion. =
We then had box lunches and =
awaited time to go to the Rose ?
The traffic going there was 5
very dense, but we finally made q
It. A few of us were very for L
tunate and got to sit on the S
track at the sidelines for the r
game. AT half-time, a group of S
us. about thirty strong, perform
ed for the half-time performance
with the UCA Bruin Band. There
fore. / was not only in the Rose
parade, but in the half time en-
.ertainment, too. Before our half r.
lime performance the Michigan o
state Band gave a terrific per- M
ormance. They did some won p
lerful precision marching, fancy y
teps and routines. +,
/ was right down on the field
When Michigan made their fabu- :
ous field goal. If ! had had any r.
ense / probably would have run MI
yer to the goal post as soon as IL Z
ne crowd started rocking it, for Kf
souvenir. but it didn't occur to va
lie until too late. However, / 30
id get one souvenir of the Rose ffe
owl game. One boy swiped a FIR
fichigan State Band banner off ]
ne Of the buses, and he gave me Re
Trojan head about two by one nj N
nd one half feet from it. It is RI.
hanging on my closet door" Sh
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