As I’m getting ready to perform on the field, the crowd is looking down at me. I forget everything as I get to my spot. I hear everyone around me counting 5..6..7..8.. and we are off. My heart pounds in my chest as my nerves speed up. I hear the Drumline playing off in the background, but I block everything out and focus on what comes next. I dance my heart out like never before, remembering everything when Coldplay comes on. The purple and silver star flags swing in the air and catches everyone 's eyes. The happiness on their faces makes me smile even bigger.
Now since it 's been four years I have learned so much since my freshman year. Walking into a room full of people I didn 't know was very difficult. It was my freshman year, I moved back to Fayetteville. My step mom exerts me into going to the color guard tryouts. Those tryout days were very intense, I was very
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Guard is very time consuming and hard work. I strive to do my best and make a difference. I love seeing everyone try their hardest. It makes me proud of my team. The hours and sweat on the field have and will be hard, but I can make it. The risk I have made has made a big difference in my life. It has gotten me out of my shell of shyness. I have been able to talk to people and be able to be in a group where I can speak my mind. It feels tremendous to know I have people I faith and care about. In color guard I got to be a different character and not myself. In color guard I paid for it myself so I got on my own two feet on got myself a job. Having to have a job and going to school and having to do guard was and is still hard. I have about 30 hours a week I work and many hours of guard rehearsal, but I am sticking through and making my way to save up for college and making myself a life of my own. Color guard has given me responsibility to reach my goals and getting my degree in business and owning a store of my own. I am glad I stuck through to join the guard and make something out of