“Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.”

The opening quote was said by Dr. Seuss.  So appropriate for the end of the season.

It's championships!  Yay!  Last run through

So many people have attempted to make it special.  People have brought in treats, written notes, etc...  We're going through a spirit line.

Rehearsal was short, but hopefully effective.  Maybe my band director and drum majors weren't paying attention, but they didn't make us re bring up our horns.  I hope that was because it was decent.  My high school marching career is pretty much halfway over.

Okay, so here's my lowdown on the run through.  I'm a perfectionist in marching band with myself.  I always focus on what I did wrong.  I don't remember what mistakes I made last year.  Those don't matter.  Anyway, my biggest fault was not being in the final arc.  It felt like an eternity.  It wasn't an emotional show for me.  Mechanically, it was decent, but it didn't invoke any emotions within me.

We got sixth place, and our score went down from the home show.  That was a real disappointment.  Everyone felt low scored.  That run was better than the home show.  Our almost two year undefeated guard was beaten.  One of them said that they got second.

The band that got first had a 97.  That's practically unheard of.  They got all of the special awards, too.  Apparently, they are a big school with a lot of money.  They can pay directors instead of taking volunteers,

In the next few years, I'll miss certain people more than others.  I'll miss my marching band mentor, the hilarious trumpet player, and the flute that I was next to for half the show.  My marching band mentor has done so much for me.  She's tuned me a million times, fixed my piccolo, answered my questions, taught me to march better, and she was even my second grade reading buddy.  The flute that was next to me for half the show is super nice.  She patiently answers my questions, and she always asks me what time it is.  She always either cares about my random babbling or at least pretends to.

I think for me, marching band is more of a passion, and other activities are a past time.  After awards, we cheered and played the fight song on kazoos one of our drum majors gave us.  That was great.  When we went to get pictures taken, our band director was giving us a post-performance, post awards pep-talk.  The marching band is truly a family.