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The morning before the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Santa Ana Winds marches at the East Los Angeles Christmas Parade. |
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The saxes make a mighty sound through East LA. |
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Assistant drum major Anna leads our band. |
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Jorge plays his baritone with pride. |
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The colorguard leads the Winds into the camera area at the 1999 Hollywood Christmas Parade. |
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The Winds march through Hollywood with the lights shining brightly from above. With such a huge band, we use two drum majors for this parade. You can also see two of our four canons getting ready to surprise the crowd. |
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Inside the band, all the musicians concerntrate hard, making sure everything goes perfectly for the audience. |
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A perfect rank of trumpets marches through Hollywood, followed by a rank of our clarinets. Members come as far as 200 miles to perform with the Winds for this prestigious parade shown around the world. |
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Further down the road, the Hollywood lights still shine on our tuba section. |
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These are some truly dedicated people. The members from Santee, near San Diego, travel hundreds of miles to and from rehersal every Monday! A band mother has generously provided more pictures of the Winds at this address. |
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Our flags shine bright as the colorguard marches down the streets of South Gate. |
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Despite the dreary rain, our colorguard section still keep their bright smiles ready for a camera! |
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Our percussion line warms up before stepping off on the parade route. |
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In competition at Rolling Hills, the band awaits the drum major's whistle to begin the performance. The rainy weather, though a nuisance to our plumes, does not bother us. |
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During the 1999-2000 season, the Winds are lead by David Badillo, our faithful drum major. Here he guides us through the streets of Brentwood. Mr. Ward stays close by to instruct David. |
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Our mighty trombone section leads the way through Brentwood, marching in perfect step. |
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Mr. Ward gives last minutes directions to the band before we set out to entertain the audience. |
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The band shines out in the winter sunlight, warming the hearts of our audience. |
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The Winds marches down Whittier Blvd to the lively tunes of Christmas carols. |
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David leads the band down the street. |
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A quick look inside the band as it marches down Whittier Blvd. |
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The Santa Ana Winds comes marching around mighty Matterhorn Mountain at Disneyland. |
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The Winds makes a mighty sound as they play delightful Dixie tunes down Main Street. |
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After marching through Disneyland, the band is allowed to travel through the park and greet some of their favorite Disney characters. |
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A happy princess meets her Eeyore. |
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In Indio, the stormy skies clear up just in time for the Winds to put on our sweepstakes-winning performance. |
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Still prepared in rain gear, the band enters Indio's competition with our cannons loaded and our horns poised. |
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After the parade, the Winds relax on the green lawns of Lompoc waiting for the judges to tally the scores. |
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Robert Rodriguez goes up to receive his drum major trophy. |
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The flags accept their award from the Lompoc Princesses. |
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The band celebrates just after hearing our Sweepstakes trophy announced. |
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Our Drum Major takes the 6-foot Sweepstakes award with pride. |
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Robert shows off our trophy as the flags salute him. |
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Meanwhile, the partying continues within the band, some going a little too crazy in their celebrations. |
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After all the awards have been handed out, the Winds return to our bus with our trophy carried aloft. |
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After winning Sweepstakes in Huntington Beach that 4th of July morning, the band continues for a second six-footer trophy in Pacific Palisades. |
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The Santa Ana Winds are honored to play for the Los Angeles Nisei Parade. |
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Our colorguard shows their spirit and attitude all the way to the end of the parade. |
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Tim ponders the meaning of life. |
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Before the sweltering August heat of the parade, Matt takes a moment to enjoy the air conditioning on our StarDust Tours charter bus. |
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Jared takes a break from his drumming. A rare moment indeed! |
