User blog:Wetstream/Marching Band Season

As some of you may know, I'm in marching band! This means for three days a week I go out in above 90 degrees (Well currently, Georgia August weather is complete satan fire) and practice marching band for three hours. It is completely exhausting, and then you gotta add some homework right on top of it. I already get home around 7pm, and I still have to eat and shower agh.

So yeah, that's the reason why I've been inactive lately. School for me is entering it's fourth week, and my classes move at an extremely quick rate. I have one block class (thank god), but she thinks since we only have one semester in there, she should give double the homework everyday in order to ensure that we finish the course in time.

ANYWHO

MARCHING BANNDD

Today, I played at the Corky Kell Classic. Which is a kickoff to high school football in Georgia. Our team won of course, and it was TELEVISED, meaning on Fox Sports South, our band was playing for thousands of people to watch.

And it was my first game I've ever played at.

So it was pretty scary. I had to play my first ever game, trying to remember my drill for marching band, while ON TV.

Also we had the biggest band out of the schools there. There were only four schools there currently (It's like a tournament, not your regular one on one game), and we have like 180 band kids (Idk if that's a lot? Like it's a lot for a school in our area, but idk if it is for you guys?).

Our band director also wrote the music for the band our team was competing against. It was pretty funny, since he gave us a piece of their music to play in the stands. They were pretty angry at us for outplaying them ha



For those in marching band, we were only wearing our bibbers because it was over 95 degrees out. The jackets are super hot, so in order to prevent like heatstroke, all the bands didn't use their jackets.

You also can't see me within all the flutes, but I'm a clarinet player <3

For those living in the south, the game will be replayed this Sunday at 2pm on Fox Sports South. If you, ya know, wanna see us haha

Wet stream  03:56, August 23, 2014 (UTC)