Beth made a trip to the airport at 5am, we slept a little then all made another airport trip at 9. We grabbed some breakfast and headed back to Beth’s. I got to plan road trip stuff and Beth got to sleep. It is after all her vacation from school.
We then got picked up by Emily and Marti and headed to a few parades. Proteus and Orpheus were known as the most beautiful and wow did they live up to their name. Unfortunately I have no pictures but these things were BEAUTIFUL! It’s also interesting because they had a few of the same groups as Muses. Some marching bands are in a parade a day. That’s crazy! Poor kids. I guess its prestigious but damn tiring.
We met back up with Emily and headed downtown to Frenchman Street again. Soul Rebels were playing at Blue Nile at 10. Even though exhausted I wanted to see this brass band so I forced the energy out of me. I was doing okay but by 11:30 they had not started and I was fading fast. They finally began and I had no energy to even dance. I could tell they were very talented but frustrated. Their mikes weren’t working right and one musician showed up very late and on something so their manager guy escorted him out. People were smoking so much pot and cigarettes right in my face that it made me nauseous and my head hurt. I got some air and shortly after, while they were on their first break Sara, my new friend and savoir drove me home. I am glad I went out and saw them but it was 3am when I got in bed and I needed to be up at 7 in order to get to Zulu. No way I was missing that.
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