We have three more run troughs until the show's put to bed.  My band director's slogan is to leave nothing on the field, meaning to work hard.  One upperclassman guard member mentioned this, and she also talked about how she didn't always work the hardest.  That's so true for me.  I know most of my music, just not the last half of the tag.  I wish I knew it.  Oh well.

Last year was my year to learn to march.  I know how to march this year, but I'm inconsistent.  I'll have a great run through one time, and the next will be really bad.  Also, I will either undershoot or hit a set perfectly.  I feel bad for all of the people around me when they need to dress to me.  If I do band again next year, that's one thing I want to improve.

I want to do band next year.  I need to figure out what I'm doing with my life too.  Being a marching band section leader would look REALLY good on an NHS app, which would look good on a college app.  Marching band would too.  I have kind of intense classes right now.  Nothing like last year.  Last year, I pretty much had fluff classes.  A couple of days ago, I stayed up until 10:30 or so  Papier-mâching and painting a project, which of course was a band night.  Many of my friends are in band, too.  Of course, there are some people who get on my nerves, but that's life.

One of my regrets from last year is not staying for awards for a competition.  It was the second competition of the double competition day.  The excitement of the band when we knew we got first would have been priceless.  That was in one girl's senior speech, and she mentioned how we apparently didn't do too well in that circuit the year before.  Also, I didn't get to hear senior speeches from last year.

Championships.

That word marks finality to the season.  The very last time we'll every march that show with this band.  Next year, the members will be different.  People will drop out, seniors will graduate, and freshman will hopefully join.

Our biggest local rival and our rival from last year will probablly beat us.  I'm thinking a fourth or fifth place finish.  We'll see.:)