First parade today!

[Phogfan86]

Just felt like mentioning that my 11-year-old and I marched with our band in our first parade today in the small town of Emporia, KS. You know you're in a small-town parade when one of the entries is a line of vintage tractors.

After that, we had a pub gig that we only stayed at for about an hour. Then we lost our chops, and my kiddo was a little uncomfortable being in a crowded bar with lots of loud people that he assumed were hammered. They weren't -- they were just being loud and goofy and having fun -- but we decided to head out anyway.

The parade was a lot of fun. A big rush, and people seem genuinely entertained and appreciative of pipers.

Sorry -- no pics from today, but I'm making sure I have my camera Tuesday for our first St. Paddy's Day parade. Photos will be posted. Oh yes -- photos will be posted.

[Highlander31]

...You know you're in a small-town parade when one of the entries is a line of vintage tractors...

I can relate to that. We moved from San Jose with over a million people to a town on the coast in the Pacific Northwest of less than a thousand. Vintage tractors are a guaranteed entry in the parades.

[GMan]

A parade isn't a parade without Kilts, and in some areas tractors.

[NewPiperinNY]

You know you're in a small-town parade when one of the entries is a line of vintage tractors.

Funny you mentioned this because we played our longest parade of the year today.. and were situated 2 entries before the tractors and we don't live in the most rural of areas on Long Island.

Glad you had fun on the march.. and more to be expected on Tuesday!

[Brother Falldown]

I recall a parade three maybe four years ago in a very small Arizona town on old route 66 where the Parade Queen's float consisted of a flat bed trailer carrying a large septic tank on which the queen was perched. Funny thing, everyone had a GREAT time! Somtimes I guess what you are doing is more important than what you are doing it with.