Just Like Old VEISHEA
By: Peter Tubbs '92

A hearty band of 55 Alumni Band members braved the harsh 70 degree weather on the 2003 VEISHEA parade float. Mild sunburns were earned by the few who bared their winter legs to a brutal April sun. The love of Alumni Band can overcome even the most challenging of weather conditions.

Naturally, the year that the float was NOT #74 of 74 in the parade was the year nobody cared about waiting for their turn. Some in the band suspect there is an inverse relationship to the float's position and the quality of the weather on VEISHEA. Here's hoping the VEISHEA organizers noticed the trend, also.

Many thanks to Joe Sabers of Ames for the use of the hayrack and Moffitt Ford in Boone for the spiffy truck to pull it with. Ben Ihde was efficient as always in the organizing of the float.

The Alumni Band float passes Parks Library.

The trombone section enjoys the shirt-sleeve weather.