A Meaningful Memory: Marching Band

A Meaningful Memory When you think of High School you think of big, tall, intimidating bullies and mean, beautiful, loud girls, for college it’s just about the same idea going through our minds. “It’s a whole new ball game” as many would say, including me. I’m all about hard work and dedication, usually that would be coming from a athlete who is very good and has a bright future in that sport, But i’m not one of them i’m the person that is described as always arriving early not doing the latest trends as everyone else, automatically being considered as a nerd and that is all because I am in Marching Band. I’m not just only in Marching band I’m in pep band, concert band, digital music, and indoor drumline. Everything that I go through to …show more content…
The reason this comes up is because of the days that you personally have to take out of your summer break to put in the work for a Marching Band. Dried up grass mixed with dirt, not a cloud in sight as the sun beats down on all the 85 or so students. Sweat pouring down the our faces, enough to start a water fight. From far you hear beautiful sounds produced by instruments. The kind that makes you want to get up and start moving. Surrounded by corn fields and a school, you have no idea who is listening to you. Then you feel it, you feel the excitement to be in a band and then notice everything that you have learned from it. How many people can say that they were in high school Marching Band and didn’t enjoy it for one single second. For me I was lucky I have an older sister that I look up to and she got me all started in music. “ I have no idea were you two got both of your musical talents.” Is what my Mother said. I am truly blessed to be influenced and to be an influencer when it comes to musical …show more content…
She had her plan all set and ready to go when she graduated from High School. She had had wanted to go to college and i so badly wanted her to go because you know how stingy and mean us little siblings are. Instead she decided to not go and now has a really decent job. For me it is different I want to go to college and be in a college band, not only do i think it’ll be fun it’ll also be a huge accomplishment considering i will be the first in my family to go. It will have a big impact on my family and me because i want to become a very successful person. I’m the person that wants to become the best leader i can possibly be. I do stuff for people and i expect absolutely nothing in return. Since I have become a big part of drumline i feel like being a senior really helps you and people look up to, which is all i want. Just to be a leader and have people follow in my footsteps, finally it has came