Annual Concert
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21737)
Canada
April 8, 2018 6:33pm CST
Today was the day...much anticipated...
My grandson is a member of the Burlington Teen Tour Band....
Every April they have a fundraising concert. It has never disappointed. This band is incredible. Their performance is second to none. (Can you tell I'm a proud grandma!)
On January 1st they marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena California. This was the fifth time the band had marched in this parade. Very few international bands make a second appearance.
The year before they were the only non American band invited to the Pearl Harbour Anniversary celebrations.
They have been invited to represent Canada on Juno Beach in 2019. Surprisingly the Unitd States also invited them to participate in the American Memorial.
The band has been in several movies....my grandson was in the Stephen King movie "It" that was in theatres in September.
A movie I'm more familiar with was "Hairspray" with John Travolta. I'll need to watch the movie again, now that I have learned this.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
They need to be seen to be believed. They make so many other bands look and sound like bumbling amateurs. They are often scheduled at the end of a parade so the audience will enjoy the other bands with comparing them to this band.
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@JudyEv (325854)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Apr 18
@Morleyhunt They must be really good - and clever thinking to put them at the rear.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
9 Apr 18
@Morleyhunt I like mystery movies, but not horror, especially if they are gore.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
I'm not much for watching movies that fall into the horror genre....I prefer comedy, or drama. Musicals also hold a special appeal.
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@sallypup (57930)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Apr 18
They all look so good and so serious. Congrats to them.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
They look and perform like professionals. They have at least 90 practices a year as well as 90 performances.
They are in commercials and music videos...I'm going to try another post with maybe a YouTube link. (I suck at adding links 
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@Deepizzaguy (94596)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Apr 18
Glad to know that your grandson is a member of a marching band that plays wonderful music.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
At Christmas time they do a local parade. Then following the parade, they walk a couple of blocks and do a performance outside of a nursing home....they have been following that tradition for around 20 years.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
You noticed. . I'm just a gushing grandma. This is something I will miss when we move away. This summer they will march in the 4th of July parade in Bristol, Rhode Island and in Wakefield Massachusetts.
. I'm just a gushing grandma. This is something I will miss when we move away. This summer they will march in the 4th of July parade in Bristol, Rhode Island and in Wakefield Massachusetts.
@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
9 Apr 18
Wow must be fun and it is good to hear that your grandson is talented to know how to use that kind of instrument.Parades and band is awesome.
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
9 Apr 18
I've watched them march in several parades....I've also seen them perform in concert every year since my grandson joined the band.
