The Band Fam :)

With school starting on Tuesday things have managed to get crazier. The first few days were incredibly weird with having study halls on the fourth floor (way out of the way for the six seniors who were scheduled to go there) and having to do homework for classes I hadn't even signed up for such as Forensics.

This year is just so weird. I can't comprehend being the oldest kids in band, let alone the oldest kids in the building. My friend Matt who plays trumpet and I kept glancing at each other during Jazz this week as we all played together for the first time an it didn't even sound remotely well.

We keep looking around waiting for the others to come back but I think especially with school starting we've realized, that isn't going to happen. One night after marching practice i complained o a friend how everyone else had made being a drum major look easy he said to me" then do work. it's up to us upperclassmen to make stuff run as smoothly as previous years." I feel like we've come to the conclusion that we can do just that and maybe even more.

Today was my last Peach Festival Parade and it didn't even hit me until it was over that it was. It was unbearably hot as it is almost every year. But this year it was different. I gave the commands to the band along with the other drum major and we did our salute almost perfect for the judges. We had to play the tune four times in order to make it completely through the review stand but just like that the parade was over, we took off our uniforms and we went back to the high school. We stuffed ourselves with pizza and headed to Sal Maglie stadium in order to play in the pep band for the first home football game.

The outcome of this game truly shows that this year is something else. We won. NFHS Varsity football won. Not by like a point. But by like a lot. We won 38-0. That is just UNHEARD of and slightly outrageous for out football team. But besides wining by huge amounts the best part of this football game was definitely the fact that the air show was taking place at the base here. We had the perfect view of the Thunderbirds & of a stealth bomber as they did their show!! It was an amazing sight to see!

The day truly was a terrific one as it felt like the band became the family that I have always known and loved again. I was afraid of how it would be this year, if we would befriend the underclassmen, if we would all be able to have fun together. Today made it crystal clear that we are still a family, just with new members. New members bring a new dynamic but that happens in any family. We have lots of love and we will keep on sharing it with those around us. A love for each other, and a love for making music which at the end of the day is the common thread that runs through each and every one of us.