tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128153839401266850.post8268727880650172116..comments2023-10-14T09:29:12.226+02:00Comments on There and Back Again: An Air Force Tale: Our Last Otterberg Frühlingfest Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009277043526708285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128153839401266850.post-20105164100826952013-06-19T07:29:28.204+02:002013-06-19T07:29:28.204+02:00Good point! I hadn't even noticed that but yo...Good point! I hadn't even noticed that but you're right! There were no high school bands at all! Hm. I wonder why they don't start in high school, since they obviously have a love for it in adulthood? Interesting.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777280961954748110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128153839401266850.post-39845162205122383752013-06-18T15:17:20.670+02:002013-06-18T15:17:20.670+02:00oh wow - I figured you still had the 'point &a...oh wow - I figured you still had the 'point & shoot' camera at that point - - but the iPhone? not such a good camera! And (since that's the case), I'm GLAD you missed the festival last year!<br /><br />You know what I think is super-cool about Germans? They don't have 'music' [aka music classes as we know them - - or band, much less marching band] in their schools - - - but yet they always have several adult BANDS that play (and march) at the festivals. You don't see that as often in the US - out of 15 or so marching units in a parade here, we might have one or 2 adult bands (maybe 3 if they got a bagpipe group) and the rest are high school marching band that have time to practice during school! Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730180398212368514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128153839401266850.post-85255470696571703572013-06-17T14:41:48.695+02:002013-06-17T14:41:48.695+02:00Thanks for the kind words about my photography/blo...Thanks for the kind words about my photography/blogging! I see it to, and am very happy with how far I've come. (Though I would like to remind you that at that point two years ago I had lost the camera and we hadn't bought the DSLR so I was shooting with the iPhone! big difference indeed)<br /><br />And exactly. They don't dare do an outdoor festival before June because it's too darn cold and rainy in early Spring here. And they only do it every two years because it alternates with the summerfest... that I missed last summer's cause I was busy visiting some of my favorite people in the whole wide world ;o) Love you.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777280961954748110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8128153839401266850.post-46276331014223897302013-06-17T03:42:56.843+02:002013-06-17T03:42:56.843+02:00Can't believe the differences in the pictures ...Can't believe the differences in the pictures from the last festival to this one! - - both how much the girls have grown up (obviously!) but also in how your photography and blogging-style has matured!<br /><br />So, they only have the festival every 2 years, not every year? - - and why is it in June, not earlier in spring? Well, then again I did look at *all* the pictures of the last one, and the girls were dressed in winter coats that year, so I guess "spring" doesn't come until it's officially summer on the calendar! Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730180398212368514noreply@blogger.com