It was a lovely day: sunny, warm, but not hot. No rain marred their walk from the apartment (the legendary apartment!) to the fieldhouse to join the crowd. I wondered, in fact, why I drove. The parking lots were so full I wondered where the pregame tailgate parties might be. Traffic control was as involved as it is for a Green Bay Packers or Milwaukee Brewers game!
The crowd inside was large, too. I sat waaaaaay in the back. How on earth was I going to see the action from there? By closed circuit TV, of course. There was a screen in the front of the crowd - and quite a crowd it was. Look at this long line of graduates! And I brought my little pocket camera, thinking I might get something to share? What was I thinking?!
Wait a minute -- the processional came directly in front of me! There she was!
...and there she was again!
I even got her attention, with a little help from the other families around me.
Yes, the crowd was that huge, and most of my pictures were totally worthless. But the speakers were good, the music (brass quintet) was wonderful, and the administrative ceremonial types who ran the show really kept it moving. It was worthwhile, every minute of the long commencement presentation. It ended with these appropriate words:
Class Dismissed!
congrats!
Posted by: songbird | May 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM