A Thanksgiving Odyssey: Bands, Buses, and Big Bad Balloons (Completed!!!)

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Bad News!!!!
New TR started today.

Worse news…
This one ain’t about Disney either.
But you’ll find it right here just the same…



I should’a taken that left in Albuquerque
(a TR that won’t make it to Disney)

Oh, one more thing… I may actually be getting back to WDW this summer.
If that does occur, I promise that there will finally be an new GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes TR that is actually about a trip to Disney coming up in the late Summer or early fall.

Something else for you to ignore, but it will at least be something Disney that you can ignore.




We now return you to the reply that I slould’a made a good while back.

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

Arrrrgggg! I feel like Charlie Brown, and that b*#%! Lucy keeps pulling the football away when I try to kick it. As you can tell from the blistering pace that I'm updating my own TR, my employer has decided that my "work" time needs to be spend on more "work." This really cuts into my DIS time.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I missed where you responded back as well and am only just now getting around to answering back.

Seems tom me that you’ve been quite busy. First off, congrats of running the Half Marathon at Disney this past weekend. I’m looking forward to reading (hopefully) several TRs based on events of the First DDCC. I know that work has been rough for you lately, so you’re going to have a hard time finishing the current one much less starting a new on, but just the same, I’m looking forward to both events.

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

However, I have thoroughly read (and thoroughly enjoyed) every word of every entry of your TR.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

Having spent only about 3 months of my life in 6th grade in any type of band (playing a trumpet), the whole "band trip" idea was a bit foreign to me.

Don’t worry, it quite foreign to nine out of ten folks (actually its more like nineteen out of twenty).

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

Growing up playing high school football, the band was merely something to play the fight song after touchdowns and entertain the good folks at halftime.

Yep… that’s far more normal (and we’re aware of that fact).
You’re in very good company there

But at our school, the first half of the ball game was the opening act and the second half was when you’d hit the concession stands. We’re not normal in any way (and we’re quite aware of that as well). This past year there was nearly equal interest in both though and I hope that trend continues in the future.

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

It reminds me of a "parade entry" (I can't in good conscience call it a float) that is in my home town's St. Patrick's Day Parade every year. 51 weeks out of the year, it's New London, Wisconsin. But around the middle of March, the city council and a few guys from the Dept of Public Works dress up as leprechauns and put up new signs on the outskirts of town welcoming everyone to New Dublin. (Yes, they're big on their Irish up there. And the green beer that comes with it.) Anyway, there is an old green hearse known as Finnegan's Wake that makes it's way down the parade route, following whatever band or elected official or whatever position it is in the lineup. The latches on the back door are faulty, so whenever it speeds up, the casket rams into the door, knocking it open, and the casket ends up laying in the middle of the street. The lepreachaun-clad driver and his assistant jump out of the car and scramble around to re-load the dearly departed. Meanwhile there is much rejoicing and celebration by the parade goers that were witness to the events. Rinse, lather and repeat on the next block.

Most Excellent!

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

Small town parades. I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Where else could we possibly get entertainment of that caliber.

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

But back to the TR. Sure, it wasn't Disney. And while we certainly would like to, none of us think about Disney 24/7. It was great to follow you and your family on such a grand adventure. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

And thanks again for the thanks, and more importantly, thanks again for following along.

Originally Posted by FreezinRafiki

I wish Max the best of luck on his college career and hope he can follow his dream of teaching music to the next generation of American youth.

Actually Max recently received the acceptance letter from the University that is his first choice. Now we just need to get through the audition for acceptance into the School of Music (and then figure out how to pay for it).