AFTER A SIX HOUR REHEARSAL IN 90 DEGREE TEMPS AND THE THREAT OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST, THE SHOW BEGAN AT 6PM SHARP! THE CORPS IN ORDER OF THEIR PERFORMANCE WERE:SELDEN CADETS,SAINT RITAS,PARK CITY PRIDE,PRESTON SCOUT HOUSE BAND,BLESSED SAC,HAWTHORNE CABALLEROS ALUMNI,BUSHWACKERS,JERSEY SURF,BRIDGEMEN ALUMNI DRUM & BUGLE CORPS.
INTERMISSION WAS SCHEDULED RIGHT AFTER SAC & THAT IS WHEN MOTHER NATURE TOOK THE CUE AND ROLLED IN SOME THUNDER & LIGHTNING FOLLOWED BY SOME TEMPERATURE COOLING, BLEACHER CLEARING AND VERY UN-WANTED RAIN! DRUM CORPS FANS BEING DRUM CORPS FANS, THEY JUST TOOK REFUGE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE GRANDSTAND WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD, SOUVIES & REST ROOMS! THEY PATIENTLY WAITED FOR MOTHER NATURES SHOW TO END! AFTER ABOUT 40 MINUTES THE RAIN SLOWED DOWN BUT THE LIGHTNING CONTINUED WHICH LED THE BAYONNE POLICE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF CALLING THE 50/50 AS NIGHT WAS FALLING, BEFORE DECLARING THE SHOW A RAIN OUT! THE BRIDGEMEN COMPLIED & AS THE 50/50 WAS OVER, THE RAIN STOPPED, JUST THEN, IN THE DISTANCE, THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE OR AS BRIDGEMEN FONDLY REFER TO IT AS "BILLY T" WAS HEARD! EVERYONE STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS; HEADS SPUN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUNDS & PEOPLE BEGAN SHOUTING "THE BRIDGEMEN ARE COMING, THE BRIDGEMEN ARE COMING!" THEY CERTAINLY WERE COMING & THEY USED "BILLY T" TO TELL EVERYONE TO STAY RIGHT THERE, THE BRIDGEMEN WERE NOT GOING TO DISAPPOINT WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BRIDGEMENS NUMBER ONE CONCERN, THE FANS! THEY QUICKLY GOT INTO AN ENSEMBLE FORMATION AS THE CROWD FORMED IN FRONT OF THEM! THE POLICE UPON SEEING WHAT WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR SAID IT WAS OK TO DO ONLY ONE SONG! ONCE THE CROWD HEARD THAT, THEY CHANTED "DO THE WHOLE SHOW!" THEY OPENED WITH "BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA" AND AS THE CROWD APPLAUDED AT THE END & THE POLICE WERE NOT OPENING THEIR TICKET BOOKS OR CALLING FOR THE PADDY WAGON, THE BRIDGEMEN QUICKLY BEGAN "MY FAVORITE THINGS" FOLLOWED BY "IN THE STONE" & ENDED WITH "BILLY T!" AS THE APPLAUSE AT THE END OF "BILLY T" MAXED OUT, MOTHER NATURE DECIDED TO CLOSE THE SHOW BY RAINING DOWN A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR THAT LOOKED LIKE SPAGHETTI FALLING FROM THE SKIES INSTEAD OF RAIN, THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIMED ANY BETTER! THERE WASN'T A DRY OR DISAPPOINTED FAN TO BE FOUND! WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS, TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS AND MAY THE HYPE BE WITH YOU!....................JOHN
INTERMISSION WAS SCHEDULED RIGHT AFTER SAC & THAT IS WHEN MOTHER NATURE TOOK THE CUE AND ROLLED IN SOME THUNDER & LIGHTNING FOLLOWED BY SOME TEMPERATURE COOLING, BLEACHER CLEARING AND VERY UN-WANTED RAIN! DRUM CORPS FANS BEING DRUM CORPS FANS, THEY JUST TOOK REFUGE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE GRANDSTAND WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF FOOD, SOUVIES & REST ROOMS! THEY PATIENTLY WAITED FOR MOTHER NATURES SHOW TO END! AFTER ABOUT 40 MINUTES THE RAIN SLOWED DOWN BUT THE LIGHTNING CONTINUED WHICH LED THE BAYONNE POLICE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF CALLING THE 50/50 AS NIGHT WAS FALLING, BEFORE DECLARING THE SHOW A RAIN OUT! THE BRIDGEMEN COMPLIED & AS THE 50/50 WAS OVER, THE RAIN STOPPED, JUST THEN, IN THE DISTANCE, THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE OR AS BRIDGEMEN FONDLY REFER TO IT AS "BILLY T" WAS HEARD! EVERYONE STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS; HEADS SPUN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SOUNDS & PEOPLE BEGAN SHOUTING "THE BRIDGEMEN ARE COMING, THE BRIDGEMEN ARE COMING!" THEY CERTAINLY WERE COMING & THEY USED "BILLY T" TO TELL EVERYONE TO STAY RIGHT THERE, THE BRIDGEMEN WERE NOT GOING TO DISAPPOINT WHAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BRIDGEMENS NUMBER ONE CONCERN, THE FANS! THEY QUICKLY GOT INTO AN ENSEMBLE FORMATION AS THE CROWD FORMED IN FRONT OF THEM! THE POLICE UPON SEEING WHAT WAS ABOUT TO OCCUR SAID IT WAS OK TO DO ONLY ONE SONG! ONCE THE CROWD HEARD THAT, THEY CHANTED "DO THE WHOLE SHOW!" THEY OPENED WITH "BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA" AND AS THE CROWD APPLAUDED AT THE END & THE POLICE WERE NOT OPENING THEIR TICKET BOOKS OR CALLING FOR THE PADDY WAGON, THE BRIDGEMEN QUICKLY BEGAN "MY FAVORITE THINGS" FOLLOWED BY "IN THE STONE" & ENDED WITH "BILLY T!" AS THE APPLAUSE AT THE END OF "BILLY T" MAXED OUT, MOTHER NATURE DECIDED TO CLOSE THE SHOW BY RAINING DOWN A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR THAT LOOKED LIKE SPAGHETTI FALLING FROM THE SKIES INSTEAD OF RAIN, THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIMED ANY BETTER! THERE WASN'T A DRY OR DISAPPOINTED FAN TO BE FOUND! WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS, TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS AND MAY THE HYPE BE WITH YOU!....................JOHN
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