There’s something amazing about doing what you love and being around other people who share this passion for the activity you’re both involved in; however, this feeling is heightened by being able to teach the basics of the activity and watching others fall in love the way you did. As I enter my senior year this will be my fourth season as a color guard member and my third season as an assistance coach to the Great Bridge Middle School (GBMS) Color Guard.
A few weeks before tryouts for marching band my sophomore year, my coaches, Chris and Donny asked for a few volunteers to travel to the three middle schools that filter into Grassfield (Hickory, GBMS and Hugo), and teach the rising ninth graders a few basics, the flag work and dance they needed for tryouts. I decided to help out due to my dedication for color …show more content…
Except, this time the volunteers were asked to help at the GBMS Color Guard Club. I had treasured the minute amount of time I spent with the rising ninth graders that I thought it would be crazy for me not to help. We started out with a few volunteers from Grassfield coming to help out but around the second month it was just me, Chris and Donny. The club taught over 100 girls and boys the basics of spinning a flag, marching in step together and at the end of the club, a routine. This routine was performed during “middle school night” at Great Bridge High School where the middle schoolers took the field and spun and played their instruments like a high school marching band. At the conclusion of the four months of the camp I was in love with the idea of coaching that when Donny spoke to me about becoming an assistance coach to GMBS’s winter guard I couldn’t have been happier, and for an additional five months I strengthened the bonds I had begun with these girls and was able to increase their skills as a color guard
A few weeks before tryouts for marching band my sophomore year, my coaches, Chris and Donny asked for a few volunteers to travel to the three middle schools that filter into Grassfield (Hickory, GBMS and Hugo), and teach the rising ninth graders a few basics, the flag work and dance they needed for tryouts. I decided to help out due to my dedication for color …show more content…
Except, this time the volunteers were asked to help at the GBMS Color Guard Club. I had treasured the minute amount of time I spent with the rising ninth graders that I thought it would be crazy for me not to help. We started out with a few volunteers from Grassfield coming to help out but around the second month it was just me, Chris and Donny. The club taught over 100 girls and boys the basics of spinning a flag, marching in step together and at the end of the club, a routine. This routine was performed during “middle school night” at Great Bridge High School where the middle schoolers took the field and spun and played their instruments like a high school marching band. At the conclusion of the four months of the camp I was in love with the idea of coaching that when Donny spoke to me about becoming an assistance coach to GMBS’s winter guard I couldn’t have been happier, and for an additional five months I strengthened the bonds I had begun with these girls and was able to increase their skills as a color guard