Really, I do! Marching band has been so amazing that it's one of the only reasons I get up in the morning! Here's why:
1) Everyone in band is a real person, not someone who pretends to be nice to your face and then talks about you behind your back.
2) There's an almost unattainable level of perfection that you strive to reach, and it reflects how you feel about other things. Last year, I would do the very minimum in my schoolwork, but now I'm always like, "Okay, how can I make this look neater?" or "Does that exactly follow the rubric?" and other stuff like that. It makes you want to be perfect, or do the very best you possibly could.
3) I take criticism better now. We did a band competition (we actually didn't do too shabby for our school's first ever competition band. Our school has NEVER DONE COMPETITIONS BEFORE. We got an 80.24 out of a possible 100 and got second place in AAA class!) and there was definitely stuff that needed to be fixed, so the judges pointed it out on the tapes and we're going to address that in practice on Thursday. I don't see it as a major flaw really, just something we need to improve on. And it goes the same way with everything else. In cheerleading, my coach always tells me how to properly do a backhandspring. Before, it always felt like she was picking out and blowing up all the things I was doing wrong, but she's just trying to help me do it right, and that's the way I'd prefer to do it.
Band is awessome!
The drum major (the person who leads the band on the pedestal thing) for Woodland Hills dressed is dressed like Austin Powers because that was their band's theme. We were too cool for a costume for the drum major, so we got this shiny trophy!
Peace out, gangster.
2 comments:
I'm not so sure that you like being in the band...
Well, for those that don't know me, sarcasm is just one of the many free services I offer...
I must say, that I was in marching band in my freshman year, and I HATED it. Your band must be pretty cool. Most of the people in my band, well my school for that matter, are incapable of being themselves. Everyone has to be in a clicke. I've been labeled the "Loner" because I refuse to join a clicke.
But enough about me, because you're band seems pretty good. What competition were you in? My school's band was in a competition one year, we lost horribly.
I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, and enjoy your new outlook on life. Don't let it fade, it's a good way to look at things.
It was at Woodland Hills near Pittsburgh (but you may know where woodland hills is!) you can visit the site at www.moonband.org look around, especially at the pictures there are some funny ones from away band camp!
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