I just got home from an interesting musical weekend. Three girffriends and I had planned for months to go to the Lady Gaga concert in Indianapolis last night and spend a few extra days together in Indy. What I didn't realize was that, on Saturday night, the Carroll High School Charger Pride Band, in which two of my grandchildren march, would be competing in the ISSMA state finals of the marching band competition. They were one of ten bands state wide who made it to state in the Class A catagory and I was disappointed that I had already made plans and wouldn't be able to see them. But, by an amazing coincidence, the hotel where one of our group had made our reservations was right beside Lucas Oil Stadium where the competition would take place. We didn't have any firm plans for Saturday night and my friends agreed that watching the bands compete would be fun. It was. They all put on great shows. There was lots of stiff competition from larger bands. Credit is due to Homestead who won first place with a really fabulous production which included an ice skater. I thought Carroll might come in 4th or 5th but sadly they finished 9th. Our seats were too high to see exactly what happened but my daughter explained it to me later. Their performance was going beautifully when one of the flag girls accidentally tripped a saxaphone player who fell down. Three other instrumentalists, marching backwards in formation, didn't see what had happened and also fell down. Needless to say this cost them some points. Ah well, there's always next year. I really feel sorry for that flag girl. She must be feeling pretty miserable.
Lady Gaga's concert was a very different experience. More about that tomorrow night.
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