Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition Show - August 19 2011

Our middle daughter, Shauna, invited Pat & I to join her for the Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition Show held at Memorial Stadium on August 19 2011 at 7:00pm.  It proved to be another evening of fantastic entertainment given by the University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band.  Pat and I met Shauna  at Lazlo's in the Haymarket  for Lahvosh before going over for the marching band show.  As is usual, I took pictures to share with individuals on my blog.  I am listing the pictures below for your enjoyment.

I took the above pictures that really identify the Haymarket area.

We walked on over to Memorial Stadium and I took pictures of the capital building shown in a cluster of downtown buildings and an imposing look at the outside of the stadium.

Once inside the stadium we positioned ourselves high enough in the center of the West Stands to give us a good view of the Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition Show.  The following pictures are of the band in various stages of their performance. 

The pictures below represent the crowd in attendance for this Cornhusker Marching Band Show.

I found some cute young huskers to include in this series of exhibition pictures. 

The evening started with an announcement that with the storm clouds all around us, the show would be stopped if a heavy rain settled in, or if lightning was a threat to the safety of both the band members and the audience.  I have added some pictures of the the storm clouds to show you the concerns were not unfounded..

Fortunately, all that we received during the show was some slight sprinkles, and we were actually protected by the overhang of the sky boxes.  The last picture of the storm clouds tonight is shown below.  I took this last picture on the way to The Mill for coffee.

We had a delightful time at this 2011 Cornhusker Marching Bank Exhibition Show and do feel that they are certainly ready for this first season as a member of the Big 10 conference.  Go Big Red!!!!!

    

A very interesting evening - August 18 2011

They say that variety is the spice of life - well this evening, August 18 2011 - certainly had enough variety.  Pat was looking across Holmes Lake very early in the evening, and noticed sailboats that appeared to be racing.  She called me over to our sliding glass door that leads out to our 3rd floor deck to see them.  Of course I couldn't just step out on the deck without my camera and so the saga began.  I started taking pictures of the sailboats as I could see them passing through the breaks in the trees and the following pictures show you what transpired.

This was all very interesting and Pat suggested that we go over to the lake to get a closer look.  She felt that if it was a sailboat race we would have a much better view, and might be able to get some good pictures.  There was a kind-of mist in the air, as you can see, but it was so neat to see the sail boats on Holmes Lake with our Capital Building in the background.  As you can see the sky was starting to get a glow about it.

Along the way we saw several small ducks standing on one leg on rocks near the shore.

Since the storm clouds were gathering, we headed back to our apartment for a more protected view of the approaching storm.  I went back out on our 3rd floor deck to see if I could get some storm pics before it got too dark.  I noticed a pink glow on the horizon above the lake so I took a picture of it with the trees on the horizon line .

The very next picture I took revealed storm clouds above and the sun set coming down out of them.  That looked pretty neat as you can see below.

I decided to shoot some additional sunset pics as I do enjoy the great views we have for them from our 3rd floor deck.  The following is a series of the August 18 2011 sunset as it progressed.

Finally the sun went down beyond the horizon still leaving a bit of a glow; the storm clouds looking more threatening above it.  The mood of the evening had now changed by the gathering of clouds all around us, as you can see from the pictures below.

Right after that last picture shown above, looking north on 70th, the sky's opened up and a torrential down pour was on us with lightning popping all around. Tornado clouds were spotted north of us; and many people in the immediate area, Lincoln and Lancaster County, lost their power.  Fortunately we didn't lose power and really didn't sustain any losses.

Now it is just past midnight and this very interesting evening of August 18th is history.  The rain has stopped for now and the winds have calmed a bit; there still appears to be some active lightning to the north and west of us, but I think the worst of the storm has passed by us.  Hopefully you found my evening interesting.  Thanks for visiting my blog.