Its all about the roar

Sound all around. Echoing through the stadium. On the field all in uniform, working so hard. No it’s really not the football players because we only let them borrow the field for their games but other than that, it belongs to the band. Honestly marching band is the least credited activity, if you have ever been to a show or competition and saw all the bands from around you would be amazed at what people can do. It’s so weird to me that people think that it’s so boring but really it took so much time for that band to perfect their show how could you even say it’s boring.

Marching band starts either before school ends or long before the school year starts, which I’m not really sure if people know that. You spend hours on end learning music and where your spot is, not that persons over there but yours. You add in little details, maybe a horn flash here, a horns to the box there, and you learn all of it, every single little bit. By the time everything is said and ready marching season is already half over, and the competitions start. Saturday after Saturday you travel to competitions to see all different bands. If anyone asks if you are busy on a Saturday from August to October just say yes, there is always a competition somewhere that you will be.

You compete, you win some awards, you might not be happy with the score, but it’s still an experience. People say oh it’s not hard to be in band, it’s really not that time consuming, you definitely have time for things BESIDES band, no not really.  Once the season is over you hang up your uniform, tie your shoes together, and clean out all the gross socks in your locker. You spent so many hard hours, so much hard work, so many push-ups, and in the end it was all worth it because you played a great show.