Comets – Rams – Eagles – US Navy – and now, Longhorns!
It was a beautiful and sunny southern autumnal day in Buford, GA for the 2024 GA Marching Band Classic – Buford Edition. You could say we had seen this movie before. The marching band, the hot sun, high school, my parents sitting in the stands for at least the thousandth time. First, they watched my brother and me as we marched with the MIghty Comets of South Gwinnett back in the 1980’s. Then, it was the two eldest grandsons who began their marching band careers at Grayson High School in the mid-twentyteens – just a few miles from mom’s alma mater. The eldest moved on to GA Southern and competed internationally with drum corps. The second eldest marched into the Navy and played his own Pass-in-Review (graduation). One has to wonder what is in store for their cousin who is marching with the Lanier Longhorns Bands, but that will have to wait. In standing with family tradition, the freshman has scored another role – basketball. And for the grandparents from Indiana, basketball is among the OG family traditions – this proud aunt is gonna need some new swag so she can be mad lit and not skibidi Ohio!
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