I seemed every kid in music classes in the high school and middle school was on near what was once the main entrance to the Court House.
There were many other school kids. I hope that they were not disappointed that this parade did not have candy.
The torch arrived with an escort of motorcycles, police cars, and specially marked torch cars.
I could not see what happened to the torch when it approached the Court House. The students sang "Back Home Again in Indiana", a song that James Hanley, who was born in Rensselaer, wrote or co-wrote. Then in one of the shorter legs of the torch relay, it was brought from the stage to the street by the director of the choir, Mrs Davisson.
Visit Rensselaer then carried it for a block or so.
Two or three people later it was leaving downtown Rensselaer.
It arrived at SJC on a bicycle and the flame was transferred to another torch.
Mrs. Kanne carried it around the pond and if you look carefully, you might see her below the water tower. Despite free cake, the crowd at the pond was much smaller than what had been downtown.
The SJC Chamber Singers sang a song or two.
And then the torch was loaded up in the caravan of white vehicles, (Subaru provided the cars) and was off to Fair Oaks Farms and Newton County.
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Hanley wrote the music to "Indiana," MacDonald the lyrics.
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