Reek And Wapup

Lunch break weekend update. Yesterday I worked at another [DELETED]. Alissa joined me to help out. I have a lot of respect for the kids in the corps, spending every day of the summer working hard in the hot sun for 8 hours every day and ending their day with a performance under the lights. (Unless it’s an afternoon show, like yesterday’s.)

I arrived on the scene at 8:00 in the morning, the same time The Cadets took the field to begin rehearsal. After a few minutes, it was determined that rehearsal would not be possible. The field was covered in goose droppings. The staff picked up shovels as they told the corps to leave the field for a little while. Is there something ironic about seeing some of the biggest names in the marching music activity shoveling and picking up goose droppings?

A little while later, the corps came back on the field, but the field was still not clear of the stuff. So the corps members lined up with shovels along the 50-yard line from one sideline to the other and traveled down the field like a giant piece of farm machinery. All in all, the day went extremely well.

After the show, Alissa and I stopped for dinner at The Big Fish restaurant in Princeton. Wow. It was really good. Go there. Now.