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  American 4th of July marching:

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This is my drawing of what I saw of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1998 in 
New York City. 

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Congratulations to all those brave souls who continued to play and march!!

Orchestra:

conducted by a clown (so what else is new?)

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Quartet:

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  | |\\     /|\                   /|\   //| | 
 

 Quartet playing for memory

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