This week has marks the celebration of homecoming for both the local high school and Black Hills State University. Apparently the high school homecoming king and queen were crowned last evening, and a number of Catholics were in the court. Today, the school hosted a parade down Main Street (the college parade will occur tomorrow morning). Spirits are high, as the football team is on a serious winning streak, and they are likely to make a long drive into the playoffs. Everyone is excited, and the kids are full of mischief. (I saw a handful of juvenile boys with water balloons strutting down the sidewalk as I watched the parade. Such devices can only be used for ill.) The chant up and down the street was something along the lines of:
We are the Spartans/ the Mighty Mighty Spartans. /Everywhere we go/People want to know/ Who we are/ So we tell them/ we are the Spartans . . .
I am a sucker for a parade. I was somewhat disappointed to find myself seated behind a group of second graders because when it comes to gathering candy, they are like vultures on carrion. I knew I was not likely to collect even a single stray piece thrown from the floats. Nevertheless, I did manage to capture a few pictures.
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| Middle School Football |
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| Varsity Football |
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| Second Grade Candy Snatchers |
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| Marching band |
Likening second-graders to vultures on carrion...hmmm... Not inaccurate; also makes me think my second son might be a born priest. He is nearly immune to the cuteness of small children, and prone to unflattering comparisons... :-P
ReplyDeleteThere is something to that. For all our hope and joy, priests tend to be spectacularly sarcastic and inveterate cynics.
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