When I come back like Jordan, wearin' the 4-5

I'm not usually the type to make self-agrandizing announcements, but sometimes I just have to.

Today marked my first public performance with a Grade 1 band since September of 2001.

Granted, it was just a piddly little graduation ceremony for the Peel Regional Police Services, but it was still my debut in uniform with the band. It'll be June 10th (at Georgetown) before I get to re-enter the competition field, but it still felt good to put on the uniform.

I felt this warranted mentioning.

PS: The title is a Jay-Z lyric making reference to the fact that when Michael Jordan came back to the NBA after his first "retirement", he didn't want to wear his traditional 23, which had been retired by the Bulls, but chose his baseball number of 45. MJ went on to win three more championships before retiring again. His wearing of 45 didn't last overly long, but it's symbolic to me of an early retirement when you could have still been on top, but chose to take time off.