Let's Marching

This morning, there was no morning meeting at school like usual. Instead, it was marching practice. At school sports festivals here in Japan, the students do a march-past while the Principal stands on a podium. As the students march in front of the Principal, they "salute" him, in a manner not unlike Hitler's men used to. The students also get to make up their own salute, which have been hilarious in the past. Last year, one of the teams had Doraemon as their mascot, and when they marched past the Principal, they all whipped little yellow propellors out of nowhere and stuck them on their heads.

So today, the brass band were out there providing a steady beat for the rest of the students to march around the oval to. And we get to do it all again on Thursday.