saturday, june 5, 2010. joshua was looking through the new times on friday, when he came a cross an add for a band called MARCHFOURTH MARCHING BAND. he said we should check it out and proceeded to read me their info: gypsie brass, meets circus, with 39 members, burlesque dancers, and stilt walkers. it seemed to fit our new love for all things FOLK DANCEY. so, on saturday we decided that we really should go see them and started making calls to the fam to see if they could watch the boys. we are SO fortunate to have family so close and so willing to watch the boys for us. but, on such short notice, g'ma'/g'pa block couldn't, auntie mandy couldn't, and auntie christine couldn't. so, we had to HIRE a BABY SITTER for the 1ST TIME! fortunately, there are a couple on our street. we asked kelley if she was crazy enough to watch the block boys and to our delight she was available. it was seriously the MOST FUN joshua and i have had in ages and was well worth the expense. we DANCED all night long. we decided we need to have more nights like this. the band is going to play on the TOUR DE FAT in october. we are so there!!!
levi asked if he could wear his mask over and say boo when they opened the door.
walking to their baby sitter's across the street.
abe questioning. no cars, no cars?
stacy and the boys. kelley started not feeling well after we called about babysitting, so the boys went to her house instead. stacy and anderson helped kelley watch the boys.
excited to be going on a DATE!!!
half the band.
the other half of the band.
amazing solo performances.
note the dancers on the left. they were awesome.
they would move through the crowd.
there were two stilt walkers too .
band members using a stilt walkers stilts as percussion.
the girl next to me offered to take my picture. i was afraid the stilt guy was gonna get up and whack me in the head!
dancing shoes. our feet, as well as the rest of us, were soaked by the misters.
ginormous sax.
dancin'.
ginormous cowbell!
the crowd diggin' it.
all the white spots are water droplets from the misters.
the band was not used to the heat, but it didn't stop them from rocking the house.
a dancer.
soaking wet!
last song, just after the midnight curfew, the band hopped down into the audience.
i got whacked in the arm by this guys mallet on accident. i think joshua is wiping water from his face.
it was crazy FUN! the best show!!!
singin'.
playin'.
stilt walker off his stilts, dancin'.
last pic of us when we got to the car. looks like we just went swimming with our cloths on. feeling good.
yes i'm a dork and i bought merch. t-shirt and dvd.
joshua couldn't believe how curly my hair was after.
the boys were asleep on the couch with stacy.
a complete SUCCESS.
