Drill and Clean

The last home performance of the season is on Saturday, but it is Friday night and the Spartan Marching Band Color Guard is practicing. Seen through a window of Dem Hall, the guard works on its drill for the half time show at the Indiana/MSU game. Drill and clean is the name of the game. Get the routine right and make it shine.

The distant figure in the center pane is my youngest child, Peter Eichler, co-director of the Color Guard, and a graduate of Michigan State and Laker High School. This photo was taken while Peter's dad and I waited outside the practice hall and chatted with jazz music students who were waiting for their turn at using the practice facility.

Copyright 2011
Wanda Hayes Eichler