Phillip's Galleries

Thanksgiving Day

The Cowboys/Broncos football game in Texas Stadium.

On the day of the show, the excitement of the event hit us all over again!

Over the past few days of rehearsals and preparation, our gathering of flaggers had really grown into a close-knit group.

We had morning rehearsal, so there was more time on the field to do some flagging and polish up the show.

Jon loosens up a bit with the "Pool" flags, our first set for the show.

Ben tries out the
second set of flags
for the show, the
"Halftime Brights"

Usually he’s a
die-hard dowel
flagger, but for
this event Patric
decided to
"spare the rod".

:-)

Pedro takes a moment to let a friend know where he is right this second.

There were some other performers on the field as well.

Here’s Sheryl Crow, doing her final runthrough of the songs.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were in top form.

There was also a group
of color guard flaggers.

A very friendly bunch,
they were excited to see
our flags, and find out
"what kept the flags going".

Paige practices a
move from their
routine.

Here’s a group of
rhythm gymnasts
from Houston.

Jon took some time
to show them our
sets.

It was a bit surreal
to see these guys
walking across the
football field.

They do know it’s
artificial grass, right?

:-)

After morning rehearsal, we found a fun place to sit and have lunch.

We still had plenty of time,
so we took a walk outside
to see the crowds arrive.

It was also fun to get a
sense of the size of the
place.

Our boys are over on the
right, doing some
people-watching.

Here’s an excited fan!

When it was getting close
to showtime, we went out
behind the tunnel to
warm up.

The second set is
almost double the
size of the first,

so we played with
these a bit too.

"Are you SURE there isn’t
a dowel in these?"

I practice my
"Action Figure"
stance.

This one still
needs some
work!