"Get wet and sandy" is one of my band director's favorite expressions. It's from the book, Lone Survivor. I think it's about a dude in the military, who's commander made him do things like getting wet and sandy and then running five miles. He translates by saying that we must do hard things to get ready for competitions.
We had a three hour rehearsal before the competition. It was long, and tedious. I didn't eat enough for breakfast, and I was starving. We had a good run, because they held the idea of eating lunch over our heads. They told us to "earn our mac and cheese," not to go through the motions to get to lunch. We got through it, obviously.
The competition went okay, I guess. Apparently, the run through in the afternoon was better than the one at the competition. We ended up getting fourth out of eleventh, and we were ecstatic when we found out that we didn't get fifth or sixth. Upperclassmen said that they thought we would get fifth or sixth. Our color guard got the award for the best color guard. I love our tradition before a competition. We have someone, this year, it was our president, pray, and ask God to help us do our best and for safety. So, I guess I like competing, I'm not sure if I'll do marching band next year.
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