This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.
On Labor Day, the Fighting Bee Band had their very first parade for this year. And so it was the first parade for many of the freshmen—including myself. I won’t lie and say it wasn’t exhausting, draining, made me want to fall over, but seeing the faces of the children cheering and smiling and all of the adults clapping and yelling our names, it put some fire back into me. After talking with some of the other freshmen it seemed like this was the general consensus among them as well. Overall the parade was a huge success and everyone seemed to enjoy it.
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