The next day was the big parade day, but first we got to go play in the morning. We all headed off on a Catamaran ride out into the Pacific Ocean, aboard the Dolphin Catamaran. It is a wet ride out into the ocean aboard a catamaran with a front net for all the kids to lay out on. They got absolutely drenched, and it was great fun to watch so many kids who had never been in the ocean enjoy the ride so much.
After everyone was back it was off to get ready for the parade. It started at 5pm, with the staging area being the historic Fort DeRussy park. All the performers from other countries, the other marching bands, and other musical groups all getting warmed up and showing off in this one area. Lots of pictures of the various groups, and then as many individual pictures of the kids as I could get are up.
The Horizon High School Marching Band was one of only three marching bands to perform. This is an invitation parade for them, and only one other came from the mainland, the last being a local Oahu band. It was a great honor, and Al (our Pearl Harbor survivor) rode in a convertible wearing a matching shirt in front of them.
The final day was a late, lazy morning as we had nothing scheduled till noon. We all went to breakfast over at Perry Smorgey's and then wandered through the International Market until we need to go up and pack up. We got all our luggage and instruments loaded on the buses and then headed over to Ala Moana mall for the final performance for the Jazz Band. They got 30 minutes of stage time, played 6 songs, and sounded great. Lots of pictures of this are up, and I will get the video of all the performances up later this week.
After this performance was dinner at Bubba Gump's and off to the airport for our evening flight. It was sad to break ties with the rest of the group, but the Snouffer's were happy because we were flying inter-island to Kauai for 5 days of fun there. Look for the pictures from that soon.
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