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Packed up & waiting to go

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Waiting for last minute instructions before boarding bus.

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Last minute instructions before the trip begins.

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How long is this bus ride supposed to be?!?

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Chaperones meet to review the schedule.

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Yes, there will be a test!

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Checking into hotel

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Dinner on the first night

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Dinner on the first night

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Parade rehearsal.

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The sashes took lots of re-arranging.

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Ready for NYC.

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Everyone helped each other with adjustments.

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Working on sashes

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We're ready!

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Uniform check

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Helping Mark study!

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Rehearsal and uniform check

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Rehearsal and uniform check

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Rehearsal and uniform check

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Cheesecake aficionados

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Morning on Times Square

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Getting ready for parade

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Resting before parade

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Is he really going to march in the parade?

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More help with the sashes.

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Grenadier on watch

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Reviewing the plan and next steps

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Getting ready for the parade

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Ow! That hurts!!

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Clarinets are ready to march

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Saxophones are ready to march

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Flutes are ready to march

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Percussion is ready to march

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Low brass is ready to march

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Trumpets are ready to march

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Tenor saxophones are ready to march

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Guard is ready to march

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Drum majors are ready to march

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Chaperones are ready for the parade

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Waiting in parade staging

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Waiting in parade staging

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Everyone got into St. Patty's Day! Young and old.

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Entertaining the crowd in parade staging. Our stand tunes were a crowd favorite.

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Here we go! Here we go!! Start at 5th Ave. & 48th St. Ended at 93rd St.

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Lots of people for the parade. Some sang as we played. Lots of positive comments

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En route on parade

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Dinner & dance cruise

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Presented with plaque by parade organizer

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NYC from dinner & dance cruise

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"...and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about!..."

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Harbor cruise - Brooklyn & Manhattan Bridges

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Brooklyn Bridge up close and personal

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They warned - HANG ON!

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Early on Sat. AM to be on the CBS Early Show...really EARLY.

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CBS Early Show. We survived 3 hurricanes!

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THANK YOU to our family and friends for financially supporting our trip to NYC!

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Maybe they'll see us up here

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"Phantom" was the Broadway show of choice. Could only get tickets to "Producers"

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A variety of signs were made for the CBS Early Show

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CBS Early Show - Hey, mom, look, I'm on TV!

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Guided bus tour to Central Park.

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St. Pattrick's Cathedral. Location for Nelson DeMille's book - "Cathedral".

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Prometheus who "gave" fire to humans and got in trouble for it.

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Memorial in St. Paul's for those that died 9/11/01

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Honoring those who came to assist on 9/11/01.

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Future plans for the Twin Towers site. Construction is underway.

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They look a little dubious about the plan

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Fun in Chinatown

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Learned about dim sum & how to use chopsticks. Tried lots of food family style.

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Chinatown

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Empire State Building - we're not quite on top.

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We spent a lot of time inside trying to get to the viewing area.

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Does anyone really want to go back for late night at Rockefeller Center? NO!!

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empire state building
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central park
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st. james cathedral
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time square #2
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central park #2
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rockefellar center
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madison square garden
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ground zero
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