I believe in marching band. I believe in blood, sweat, and tears. I believe in working hard not only for yourself, but also for the other 90 people on the field with you. I believe that if someone can get through a season without sweating, bleeding, and crying a few times throughout the season, they don’t deserve to call themselves a marching band member. I’ve spent each summer since I was a freshman in high school on the black pavement for 9 hours a day.
You can also be in concert band... Go away Ok bye... Do you wanna join marching band?
I think my parents are going to go deaf soon. Between the snap of the snare drum, the ring of a crash cymbal, the kick of the bass drum, and the clang of the baby grand piano, my parents hearing is declining. With percussion and piano I have been drawn to the more boisterous instruments. Even though I play some of the loudest instruments, my parents still yell at me for being on the quiet computer. It seems that my parents don’t value quiet as much as I thought.
It is a crucial staple of high school because it encourages many qualities that are essential for college and beyond. The problem programs are facing now, is that fewer and fewer schools are integrating marching band into their programs because they are either uninterested or the District does not want to provide the funds. It has been proven students who participate in marching band receive a much richer musical education and are much more disciplined in other aspects of their education, music
Almost all the competitive marching bands have done away to trombone for safety reasons, intonation, and drill work. I had to adapt and learn how to play the new instrument. Since I was able to pick the horn up and figure it out quickly, I soon became able to teach the other three players in my section how the valves corresponded with what we knew with slide positions. The summer was merely putting two and two together. As the season went on we were able to compete and have a successful year, but what made that year special was we were able to watch Bands of America and then make a goal to perform there.
To the average person, the high school marching band is nothing more than a bunch of geeks that play during half time at the football games or monopolize the benches by the band hall, but to me, it is so much more. To me it is a family, a safe haven, a creative outlet, a home. I have been involved in marching band for three years, going on four, and I wouldn 't trade the experience for anything. When I entered high school as a scared and awkward freshman, I immediately had three hundred people that I could rely on. The program quickly became like a second home to me and opened up a whole new path in my life.
This is something that applies to students as well. As a student, you have to be responsible enough to balance school work with extracurricular activities along with family and friends. With band practices 5 or 6 days a week, each lasting 3 or 4 hours, and competitions most Saturdays, balancing school and a regular sleep schedule is quite a challenge. Along with band and classes, there comes the responsibility of volunteering with the local middle school, and those students depending on me. Going to Windy Hill Middle School twice a week after school is something else that I have to work into my weekly schedule.
Schools offer a variety of classes, clubs, and activates for students. The one that I think students will enjoy the most is marching band. I think that students will like to play marching band music because it is new and fresh. Students also like playing marching band music because we get to help out people in are section’s so we can get better at what we do. Students also like playing it because we get to show off are talent that we have learned from practicing the music.
I would participate in the university's marching band. I have found a positive environment and happiness in marching band, and I could never see myself quitting. I find that whenever I'm having a bad day, marching band rehearsal always puts a smile on my face. During a football game, or a simple 3 hour practice, I can forget about my outside problems and focus on what I love to do: band.
Joy Meregini HIST 1301.01 Abagail Laszik November 7, 2015 America vs Rock-n-Roll Rock and Roll took storm in America during the 1950s and 1960s. Legendary groups and artists like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, James Brown, and many more dominated the charts, and captured the spirit during this time period. Although the music was very popular amongst teens of the 1950s and 1960s, to many, it did not leave a positive influence in America. To many Americans rock and roll was responsible for dismantling America 's traditional family, sexual, and racial customs in the 50s and 60s, ultimately allowing the cons to outweigh the pros. America held very strong views when it came down to
A year ago, I signed a contract with Hillsborough marching band but I never knew what I was signing up for. The place I feel at ease is marching band practice. This is because the people there are nice. I even won an award for being the most improved rookie. Although it is tiresome I have to constantly spend around 3 hours practicing marching and playing my music every Mondays and Tuesday during summer and fall, the adrenaline rush made me more focused and on task.
Marching season in band is rough,it's hot,it's painful,and it's repetitive but at the end of the day when you've marched a competition and gotten your scores are you really thinking about that morning's practice? No probably not. Some say the journey is more important than the destination i think otherwise. First and foremost, it is way more fun when you reach your destination. Just being able to march the whole show in front of all the judges and that moment when the horns go down and the crowd starts clapping and just knowing that you did it, is always better than thinking of practice yesterday.
Joining band had an immense and almost immediate impact on my life. Before being in band I had never had a talent that I felt completely confident in. I enjoyed practicing and spent many hours trying to improve my musical ability. In
I learned to fear becoming a "band geek. " I hated Band and everything that had to do with music. I pleaded with my mother to get me out, but she refused, and the principal supported her, saying that it would be a good experience for me to try new things. My mother then rented a clarinet for me, and I remember giving her a mean look and stomping off to school. I quickly decided
I always made sure to stay on top of my work in order to make time for my friends at night and on the weekends. For fun I was either playing magic or hanging out watching movies because not much is better than sitting down to watch a good movie (especially Jaws, it’s the best movie of all time). I would do this to de-stress after a big assignment or after I was done working in order to clear my head and distract myself for a few hours. One of my favorite shows over the course of school was Game of Thrones because every sunday my friends would sit down and watch the newest episode without fail. I also made a point to try and watch the Jets every sunday but often I would stop watching because they are garbage or I couldn't find the game seeing as how it usually is not the local game.
