first place in AA competition...the RIVER FALLS WILDCATS

Last night, Brad, Osten, Emma and I went to Irondale to see the Music of the Knight marching band competition at Irondale High School. Brad was on road crew so he spent time loading/unloading/loading/unloading the trailers. Osten, Emma and I got a treat at McDonalds, then we dropped Emma off so she could hang out with the band/Anders. Brad, Osten and I went shopping at Sams and met Nate Weaver-Olson at a place called the Tipsy Steer in Blaine. Brad had fond memories of his time growing up in Blaine and recognized parts of the geography/buildings there.

Then we went to the field to see River Falls sound fantastic. They ended up winning best visual performance and best color guard. Waseca won best musical performance and percussion. The River Falls Wildcats won first place--I don't know what their score was, but as I've said before, every time I've seen them perform, they make some really neat changes/improvements.

We also saw the Marshall Tigers, the Rosemount High School and the Irondale Knights perform. Rosemount kind of blew everyone out of the water with their dazzling performance. What a sight to see!

Final note...as we were leaving the Tipsy Steer, we saw a license plate with Anders' initials and his former favorite number...kind of wacky.