A Marching Band Analysis

One of the generalities about the band is that we are ambitious towards reaching goals yet lackadaisical towards giving the necessary work. We hope to have a productive rehearsal, yet talk for most of its duration. People, thinking they are leaders, yell for everyone to “help the pit!” yet do not help them themselves. As a band, we expect others to accomplish our goals for us. We assume that someone else is going to play loud enough to cover for our own lack of sound. We assume that the effort around us somehow combines to something so great, our own effort is not needed. We assume that our director’s advice is for everyone else so that we do not have to take it. The reality, however, is quite the contrary. In a marching band, the cliché “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link” manifests itself. In everything we do, we must wait on the last individual to be ready, who waits on everyone else. We assume that if we are not last, we are not slowing down the rehearsal when in reality, when you are …show more content…
We are constantly trying to live up to what we think we are, yet do not care enough to be that good. We seek to be a positive influence on the community, yet volunteer as little as possible. In everything we seek to accomplish, we never achieve complete success. We absolutely despise nearly every practice and performance of the band, yet have the utmost conviction that we love band. We give up time, energy, money and sleep for the band and convince ourselves that the outcome pays off. We give up so much out of the desire to improve, yet have no idea why we want to improve. This then is why we have what we have. We want an incredible outcome, but without a clear motivation, that outcome is unreachable. Yet without motivation we act as though we have it. And through this acting, the motivation becomes almost real and drives us forwards until we find that