2006 Spokane Lilac Festival and Armed Forces Day Parade

The largest evening Armed Forces Day Parade in the country is held in Spokane, WA, typically featuring over 200 parade units and 50 or more high school marching bands from all over the northwest. This year, I followed the West Valley High School Marching Band through the parade (this video was edited for their web site at wvbands.org). The band had just returned from marching in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington, DC. They were one of eight high school bands selected from a nationwide audition to participate in that band. They may be a small band (from a small high school) but the did super well.

If you watch carefully, you'll notice that as they entered the television broadcast area, the automobile in front of their band (not connected with the band) suffered a failed engine. So the band kept on playing. This video resumes after they have already been on TV for 90 seconds! And they continue right on ... the rest of the tape, and probably the more interesting part, is their marching and their jazz routine, as I shot video from alongside the band, in front of the band, and behind the dance team. Produced by Coldstreams.com and donated to the band.

Category:

Travel & Events

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• spokane
• marching
• band
• armed
• forces
• parade
• lilac

[coldstreams]

Yes, I did. I also have a short tape clip of them, but would have to go back and find it - I did not post it online. If you'd like, I'll dig it up.

[coldstreams]

Yes, I did see them in both the Junior Lilac parade and also the (Senior) Lilac Parade. I believe they took grand sweepstakes in both the 2006 and 2007 Junior Lilac Parade, didn't they? The grand sweepstakes Junior band also marches in the Armed Forces Day Parade. In fact, I took a brief video clip of them in the 2007 parade... Ed

[m00nfruit]

woo

i go to OV ;P

an the drummer from fall of troy was in OVs band

[FreakChip]

Ugh...I hate the Lilac parade, lol. But I love living in spokane.

[marvelalliance]

did anyone see the olympic view band?