Euchre

Do you remember the first time you ever played euchre?

My first time was on the band bus in 1973 as the band was going down to the Ohio State Fair Marching Contest that was held that year at the Ohio State Fair (on the racetrack). My partner was Steve Herndon and my opponents were Jim Mansfield and Dave LaChance. Needless to say, they waxed us pretty good.

We went on that day to march pretty well. We played three tunes, I think. One of them was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and one of the others was "Sugar Blues" as a "finale". We placed out of the running for a trophy, however. Lexington's Band of Gold placed that year as did the Grove City Marching Band. Oh, Lord, it's hard to be humble...