The bus ride home from BYU is a little painful for the band
(and the supportive parents that come for pick-ups) what with getting home at
1:30am. But the students come prepared with pillows and blankets and the ride
is usually quiet and uneventful. It is
long nighttime drives that make me very grateful that we have good and safe
drivers that schlep us all around the state and the very good band dad drivers
that haul the equipment trailers.
We have been able to shuttle uneventfully until with went to
our Nebo competition. The guard bus hit a very large pheasant with a thump and
then a few blocks later pulled off the side because we were leaking something
badly. It was a very good thing that we
were still in the valley and only a few blocks from the bus depot. We tried to limp back to trade buses but
warning buzzers kept us from reaching it and the mechanics (thankfully again
that they hadn’t gone home yet for the weekend) brought a new one to us. We made a quick switch and were on our way to
catch up with the other busses who had waited for us in Wellsville.
It made for a “To – Go” dinner run but we made it to our
competition in time to warm up and the performance went well.
Our travel woes were not quite over as on the way home one
of the equipment trailers blew a tire.
Thankfully they were able to pull off safely and after get the spare
unlocked (thanks to cell phones) they were back on the road even quicker than
it took to get a new guard bus.
Not very fun bookends but we are very glad that they didn’t
cause us too much trouble or keep us from performing our show. Make sure to thank our drivers and band dads
for being integral to our show. Without
them getting us there all the hard work would be for naught.
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