Second Sectional of 2007--Lots of Wind and Cake

Our second sectional was held at Lincoln-Way East in Frankfort this past weekend. It was great to see more of our new members come out for this one, and we had many of our Chicagoland areas represented well. The icebreaker was a tad less risque this time around, but we still got plenty of responses to "favorite super power".

The music section leaders covered all of the traditional music and most of the same stands tunes as last time, and the marching section leaders went over the same standing fundamentals from before. All of the section leaders commented at one point or another how great it looked and sounded for July. We're clearly off to a great start, and it's going to progress quickly once band camp starts. Our fans are in for a very entertaining year from both the team and the MI.

After the sectional, we returned to Matt's house for the cookout. Along the way, we managed to make a bunch of Frankfort and Mokena residents think Matt was leading a funeral procession as about 12 cars followed his black Intrepid back to his house. Despite high winds, we managed to squeeze four innings out of a Wiffle ball game with Tim Schwaegler's team winning by five runs despite a lackluster performance at the plate by the Schwaeg (swing and a miss, strike three).

Once the game ended, the last surprise of the day arrived at the porch. For those of you who weren't there, you'll just have to ask us about the cake. Here are two hints: chocolate and big.

Band Camp starts about one month from now. Enjoy the rest of your summers because it will be here before you know it.