Every once and a while I exchange emails from people that I know from our days in high school. I graduated in 1996 - and a lot has happened since then. Many of my friends are married, some have kids, some have partners, some have passed away, and some haven't changed at all.
One thing that hasn't changed is our school song: Scotland the Brave! Granted most school songs don't change. Quite frankly I'm not sure if it's a theme song, fight song, or just some song to tie in our Scottish theme.
No one has enlightened me (nor have I googled it) as to why a small town nestled in California would adopt a Scottish theme. It all worked all well for me since, at the time, I look fantastic in red and even better in a short kilt-like skirt.
Really, I'm not sure how it started for me either. I don't remember the impetus that sent me to try-outs, but all of a sudden there I was, marching to the beat of Scotland the Brave as:
A Tall Flag Girl (the girls who twirl the flags in front of the band):
The next year and my senior year, I was a Banner Carrier, following in the footsteps of my Mom. (the girls who carry the letters that spell out the name of the school, often slamming them into our arms in rhythmic routines):
I spent the summers and falls of my freshman, sophomore, and senior years as part of the pageantry. My senior year I was co-captain with my friend Dana (she's the 'E').
So many memories are wrapped up in those years of marching, twirling, riding on buses to the competitions, and more.
It would only be fitting that every time this song comes on my arms twitch and my legs catch the beat, falling in line and stepping back in time.
Get out your batons, your drumsticks, your tuba, your pom-poms, and cheer along for Music Memory #6!
I'm not in this video (this is from this year, I think) but here, in all it's glory, is the GHS Marching Band and Scotland the Brave.
1 comment:
i was actually there for this. it looks like it was at the fair. all kinds of memories come up when i hear this song. did i tell you when i heard it at the fair, tears came to my eyes? what is happening to me in my old age????
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