Were you a tuba or clarinet player in your high school marching band? Then the Greater St. Petersburg Area Awesome Original Second Time Arounders Marching Band (The “Rounders”) is the place you need to be after you graduate. The very first band of its type, and known to be the largest permanent adult marching band in the world with more thn 500 members, is dedicated to those who have marched in high school, college or military marching bands, and dreamed of doing it one more time. With members’ ages ranging from 18 to 85, the band performs locally and travels around the world to participate in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Calgary Stampede, and The Cherry Blossom Festival. secondtimearounders.com
This article appears in Sep 18-24, 2014.