Last Sunday we made a special point of going to see the Flag Retreat as we wanted to try to get pictures for someone. The areas around the flag were already filling up, but we were lucky enough to find a couple seats with a good view.
The Band came toward the area that security had been clearing in preparation, when I heard a group of teenagers (many wearing purple shirts) laughing- a couple girls from their group were following the marching band very closely in parody. They were so closely following, they ended up disrupting the band as they fell into their final positions. The Band leader had to gently push them out of the way, never missing a beat, but I was really ticked! I saw no adults with this large group, but I kept looking over hoping they would be escorted out-hopefully they were afterward, as we went into the Emporium immediately after and they were gone when we came out.
Other SGs- Two from another country, one of whom kept shoving into my husband so HE could get a better picture, and another who in her eagerness to steal my husband's seat SAT ON MY PURSE
(she was tired of standing in front of where I was sitting and blocking MY view).Both of them had arrived AFTER the ceremony started, and left before it ended, the one sitting on my purse decided to leave because my husband was blocking HER view. I was hoping one of the pins in my purse would lose its back and poke her in the @$$ :twisted:We still got some good pictures, it is ALWAYS a great ceremony, and has extra meaning for those of us with family in the military and hoping to get them home safe to stay.
