Band Concert Narrative

We finished. The performance was over. I signaled the snare player to begin the tap off. I turned around and faced the applauding crowd. I bowed and quickly stepped down off my podium and ran to the front of the line and led my band out of the Hart County Stadium. My heart was racing and I could hear the perfectly in time steps of my band on the pavement. We marched until we were out of view of the judges. We walked the rest of the way to our band trailer smiling and cheering. I hugged my senior friends knowing that that was our last performance together. We knew we had performed our hardest and we were proud of what we had accomplished. We removed our jackets and headed back to the stadium. We all sat together and watched the other bands perform. I told stories to the freshman about how nervous I was my first competition and reassured them that they did a …show more content…
I arranged the leadership into a block on the field and took my position. I looked up at the huge crowd of band kids and loved ones. My band was to my right in the stands. I gazed upon them and felt immensely proud. No matter what awards we got tonight I was proud of them. We had worked our hardest for the last four months for this show. As I looked up at my band, I remembered back to my first days as their drum major. My biggest fear was that I wouldn’t be the drum major that they deserved. I loved my band, and they deserved the best. I wasn’t going to fail them. I remembered back my drum major training. Our instructor told us that “The band is your mirror. If they are successful, it means you are being a good leader.” I made sure I gave them the leader they deserved. Three hours a day, three times a week, we practiced our hardest. We battled ninety-degree humid heat and torrential downpours knowing that it all lead up to this moment. Tonight was the night I would know if I succeeded in being the leader this band