There have been many accomplishments throughout the history of the world, and many of those accomplishments have improved and helped the way people go through life. I admire these accomplishments of course, but I also have a few achievements of my own. In band, I have made the All-District Honor Band every year I have tried out, this past year I passed on to the second round of state, and I made a one, which is the highest score, on my snare solo and passed on to state. These are not all of the accomplishments I have made in band, nor are any of these the accomplishment that I am most proud of. The accomplishment I admire most is trying out for the percussion section and making the cut. If I had not gotten into the percussion section, I
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Weaver, entered the band room and asked us to sit down. Then he went over how the try outs would work. Each student would clap his/her hands in a certain rhythm, chosen by Mr. Weaver, while tapping his/her foot in time. He started with the students at the opposite side of the classroom from me. He would sometimes smile and nod, and other times he would shake his head and frown. He said that in order to be a percussionist, you had to have natural rhythm. I was the very last person to audition. It was nerve-wracking. As soon as I was done, he grinned at me and said, “Wow. You definitely have it in you.” I was ecstatic. He told us that the results would be in in a few days, although I was already fairly certain of mine. I was sick the day the results came in, and the next day my classmates announced that I had made the cut. I was so excited that I jumped up and down. Making the cut for the percussion section is something I will always be proud of.
If I had not gotten into the percussion section, I would not be as good of a musician as I am today. I would not have stayed in band because I would have constantly wished that I had made it. Today, I am one of the band’s best percussionists, and I would not give that up for anything. I have always loved to play, and I always
Weaver, entered the band room and asked us to sit down. Then he went over how the try outs would work. Each student would clap his/her hands in a certain rhythm, chosen by Mr. Weaver, while tapping his/her foot in time. He started with the students at the opposite side of the classroom from me. He would sometimes smile and nod, and other times he would shake his head and frown. He said that in order to be a percussionist, you had to have natural rhythm. I was the very last person to audition. It was nerve-wracking. As soon as I was done, he grinned at me and said, “Wow. You definitely have it in you.” I was ecstatic. He told us that the results would be in in a few days, although I was already fairly certain of mine. I was sick the day the results came in, and the next day my classmates announced that I had made the cut. I was so excited that I jumped up and down. Making the cut for the percussion section is something I will always be proud of.
If I had not gotten into the percussion section, I would not be as good of a musician as I am today. I would not have stayed in band because I would have constantly wished that I had made it. Today, I am one of the band’s best percussionists, and I would not give that up for anything. I have always loved to play, and I always