Color Guard Dreams...

Growing up in Litchfield every little girl dreams of being in the Litchfield Marching Band... (big dreams, I know), but I was no different. My goal was to be in Color Guard... guns, batons, flags..you name it anything that could be spun and thrown in the air and caught again was what I was after! Litchfield Marching Band has been a HUGE tradition for over 50 years, and it is still going strong, with the awards to prove it in the picture below....

Ask my mom... I had a cut off broom stick that I would practice with; couple bruises here and there, but well worth it. Well as we all know those dreams didn't ever become a reality as we moved away from Litchfield when we were 13 and I never saw a marching band in Shakopee.. hell I never even saw a Parade with other Marching Bands... Even if Shakopee had a Marching Band (they do now.. for those of you wondering) they would never stand to beat the likes of the "Green Monster"!

Last Friday I went back to Litchfield to visit my cousin Crystal and her fiance Bob. Bob has twin boys Josh and Jacob who are both members of the LFD Marching Band; and last Friday was the notorious (if you live in Litchfield) Indoor Marching Band Concert!! I was so excited it was AWESOME!! Of course we went, I felt like I was 12 years old again! I even tried to take some pictures, but the BEST part of the show is the Drumline Blacklight Show which they have been doing for YEARS.. not sure how many but more than 20... so some of the pictures are goofy, but well worth noting.

Being there felt awesome and it was hard to describe the feeling I felt, but all of a sudden I was excited to have a teenager...(weird I know) to be in activities and feel the comaraderie of being apart of something so wonderful and traditional. I asked Tad if we could move back to Litchfield so our kid could be in the Marching Band.... you all know what his answer was.... "You can Go"... Nice.. So, for now we won't be moving to Litchfield, but I just might have to make the Indoor Marching band Concert an annual event. It's That Good!!

PS, Todd they played the infamous drum cadence we always loved to hear!! It was AWESOME!

I'm a total dork I know.. who gets excited about a Marching Band??? Not just any Marching Band... LITCHFIELD!!