Visiting Florence....

[SF Band dad]

EHSMeanGreen just reminded me of this "warning" that I posted over at PFT last year when NW was preparing to visit WF. It's all still true except that SF doesn't have the District Superintendent announcing the games.

Truth is, you're the lower seed, get over it.
You don't want to visit Florence, fine. Stay home.

But if you do come,...I need to warn you, Flo Memorial is a little less.... umm.... polished than York D3 Stadium.

Arrive early so you can find a grassy area to park in the field across the street or the one adjacent to the stadium. If it's been raining all the non-mud holes will disappear quickly. Hopefully the game won't run long or the temporary lighting in the parking lots might run out of fuel and you'll have to navigate the mud-holes and find your vehicle in the dark.

Eat before you get there, our concessions suck. Take care of other personal needs too, you don't want to use the facilities. You'll be able to enjoy watching your team at halftime because we don't have a nice field-house with locker rooms like you big city boys.

You can tell your boys to leave their carpet shoes at home, the field is grass,... mostly. Three teams share the place, this will be the 18th game there this season so your team and their uniforms may experience another first..... dirt.

We don't have a jumbotron with a big video display, we have a Pepsi scoreboard with 8 segment numbers. Most of the bulbs work. Don't expect the scoreboard operator to keep up with where the ball is, how many yds to reach 1st down or how many time-outs each team has, he won't.

Our district Superintendent, Allie Brooks, likes to announce the games. You'll know if it's him because he insists on talking non-stop, even during the plays! When he's in the booth I usually sit a little closer to the band so I can't hear most of his rambling.

If you do stay home and just listen to the game on the radio be prepared to hear all sorts of whining about the press box from the radio guys. Because...it's a box, made out of genuine plywood. Last year, the radio guys from Wren couldn't decide what was worse, the horrible conditions they were forced to endure or the home-cookin' served up by the officiating crew.

Enjoy your visit, ...or don't. Either is fine with us.

If you cut across on Hwy 151, don't speed through McBee. That town's only source of income must be speeding ticket revenue. The speed limit drops to 45, to 35 and then to 25 quickly.

[SF Band dad]

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