Wednesday, September 13, 2006

bagpipers in cowboy country

Dominique saw her first parade last weekend and a fine demonstration of why this is cowboy country and not bagpiping streets. We went to the West Texas Fair and Rodeo parade, filled with floats, marching bands, horses, cars and then for some cultural diversity there come Abilene's 4 bagpipers with a couple of drummers thrown in the mix to fill them out a bit. I was excited to hear some bagpipes, no matter how unimpressive they were.


Shortly after these men in skirts walk down redneck territory, in comes the local favorites: Hardin Simmon's University Cowboy band. They have pinnaz, they have spirit, they have six white horses. Yes, their band includes six white horses ridden by beautiful ladies, then comes the band with their upbeat tunes, impressive attire and crowd pleasing tactics.




It's amazing how much can change in a year. Brian was saying how this time last year we had no idea we would have a daughter. We weren't even pregnant yet, but now, here we are, a foursome.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice videos! i love parades! i haven't gone to any with max yet, but hopefully this year we can take him to the christmas parade!

Anonymous said...

That's so cool that you have bagpipes in Texas. Who would believe that you can find them there?

But where is the picture of the white horse? I wanted to see the white horse.

jenn with two n's said...

Loved watching the parades. Yeah I was amazed that Dominique didn't really wake much. Ivan does seem to have the wave down. What good family fun!

Anonymous said...

OK Jac was woke right up when the bagpipes started at our parade although i think we have about five more than you did, they did not quite hit the double digits but almost. Still I was impressed that she did not wake up! I hope you make it up at Christmas and did i mention how beautiful your kids are!!! Love Ya! BTW another present (OK movie!) is on the way for your baby boy! I am sure he will share! Yeah Right!

Madame Angela Baggett said...

sorry Andrea, we didn't get a picture of the horses ;(
today we are going to the fair. If you go before noon, it's free. they have a petting zoo- free kids stuff, who can beat that!

Ivan saw the picture of him a year ago and said it was Meme (Dominique)!

thanks to all for your parade comments ;)