To The Ceremony Scheduled To Start At 6:00 PM (Page Two)
Note: Daddy Bob took all of these photos and he did a great job. Paul got to rest today, kinda nice! Thanks Bob for capturing the moments!!
Soon it will be full of kids heading out on a new adventure
What is wrong with that tree?
We are watching you!
Practice makes perfect
The stands are getting full!
Yeah 2017
Here they come! Pomp and Circumstance begins
Did You Know? - The Pomp and Circumstance Marches (full title Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches), Op. 39, are a series of marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar.
" March No. 1 in D " is the best known of the set. It was completed, together with March No. 2, in 1901, soon after the first performance of his "Dream of Gerontius" which had been badly performed. Elgar dedicated it to Alfred Rodewald who conducted its first performance with the Liverpool Orchestra Society on 19 October 1901.
In the United States the tune is sometimes known as "Pomp and Circumstance" or as "The Graduation March", and is played as the processional tune at high school and college graduation ceremonies,
Flying proud
Nick marches proudly onto the field!
Mile wide smile
Gotcha!
Playing catchup!
Taking his seat!
All smiles.... Graduation is a few minutes away
In a sea of graduates
A sea of humanity
Do you see Nick?
Opening statements!
God Bless America
Quotation To Remember: Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. - WILL ROGERS
Sitting and enjoying the activities
Here he goes.... The "lineup"
"Who me nervous?"
"Just ten more minutes!"
It is starting to cool down
Grab that diploma quick!! Run before they change their mind
No to shake hands with the principal
Lucky Nick... He didn't recognize you!
Quotation To Remember: You get to make your own luck. 80% of success in your career will come from just showing up. The world is run by those who show up…not those who wait to be asked. - Steve Blank
They look pretty good!
Back to his seat
Back to sitting.... Just a little while longer
Only a few more remain!
The moon shines above
Exciting times
Grab those tassels
Did You Know? - There is at some colleges and universities a practice of moving the tassel from one side to the other on graduating, but this is a modern innovation that would be impractical out of doors due to the vagaries of the wind. However, this mark of transition to graduate status has the benefit of taking less time than more traditional indicators such as the individual conferring of the hood or a complete change of dress part-way through the ceremony (as at Oxford in the United Kingdom). In such universities it is common for undergraduates to begin the commencement ceremony with their tassels on the right. Switching the tassel to the left may be done individually or as a group.
Fireworks....
Magnificent!
Find your family!
A very proud moment!
Looking good
Quotation To Remember: That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person. - Jimmy Iovine
"All mine!"
Unkle Steve looks pretty happy
Grandma loves that boy
"Oh oh... Is he in trouble?"
Another beer for Nick!
Quotation To Remember: We're not just gathered here on a lovely May day in an ordinary high school graduation. We're all strapped in, seated together on a gigantic ball whirling around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour, nested in a galaxy hurtling through the depths of space and time at 1.3 million miles per hour.
Remember 2011? He was still drinking beer!
We are so proud of Mr. Nick
