My mother said the band looked good.
I wonder how the assistants helped the kids. From the article, it sounds
like they shoved them down the street. The words, "I just pushed him from
behind" certainly sound like that.
I'm glad to hear about the achievements of other blind people.
The only thing I'm concerned about is many sighted people still believe
blind kids must be sent to schools for the blind for their education. I
wish all blind kids could be educated in regular schools with sighted kids.
Schools for the blind shouldn't exist anymore.
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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From: "brady" <[email protected]>
To: "Homero Perez Vazquez" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:06 PM
Subject: re: [Braillenote] blind marching band in Rose Bowl Parade
Hey Marsha,
I infact appreciated your email and the info it contained. It is nice to
hear about things like that once in a while! Sorry to those who can't
just hit delete and relax a little when it comes to blind people actually
doing something good!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Homero Perez Vazquez <[email protected]
To: marsha bork <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:43:05 -0800
Subject: re: [Braillenote] blind marching band in Rose Bowl
Parade
This is nice and all, but what does this have to do with the
braillenote?
Please, do not waste valuable braillenote email space.
----- Original Message -----
From: marsha bork <[email protected]
To: Braille Note <[email protected]>,Isaac Valencia
<[email protected]>,Patricia Pace
<[email protected]>,Ann
Kendall <[email protected]>, Jan Fisher
<[email protected]>,Becky Borden
<[email protected]>, JoAnn Lukins <[email protected]>,Pat Cantor
<[email protected]>, Michael Bork <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:56:03 -0700
Subject: [Braillenote] blind marching band in Rose Bowl Parade
FYI
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Among the participants in the
Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena you can always find a
number of bands. This year, for the first time in the parade's
history, a band of blind musicians will march.
With three days to go until New Year's Day, band members like Sam
Shepherd are working to get the kinks out.
"Can't wait for Friday though. Friday, this is what we've been
working for this year," said Shepherd.
His school's marching band will be one of only a select few
handpicked to perform in the Rose Parade -- and they'll do it
completely blind.
The 32-member marching band from the Ohio State School for the
Blind is the only blind marching band in the country. They hail
from Columbus, Ohio. Freshly flown in this week, they've been
practicing their Rose Bowl routine at Diamond Bar High School.
Each member will march with a marching assistant guiding them
down Colorado Boulevard's 5-mile stretch.
"I just get behind Marty and push him on and he does it, he
does what he has to do and he does it, they all do," said
marching assistant Eunice Penrod.
Penrod is her grandson's guide and she says the kids pretty
much have this down to a science. In fact, parents like Paula
Shepherd say it's the marching assistants who will have the
biggest butterflies come New Year's Day.
"For those of us who have sight, it's nerve-racking," said
Shepherd. "For the kids, they have no stage fright, so this is
-- they're excited, they get pumped when they hear how large the
crowds are."
The band has had plenty of practice. Together since 2005,
they've benefitted from annual summer sessions at Ohio State
University with the Buckeyes teaching them different steps and
techniques.
The kids took a rare break at Diamond Bar High School Tuesday
-- rare because since they found out 14 months ago they were
going to be in this Friday's Rose Parade, it has been nonstop
practice.
"One of my favorite things is 'Let's do it one more time1'
'Let's do it again so it looks right and it sounds right1'" said
the band's co-director, Dan Kelley.
From field practice and marching to music rehearsals and sound
logistics, this talented group of high-schoolers is looking to
impress and inspire an international audience.
Marsha
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