Personal Narrative: A Band In My Life

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Band has produced the best experiences I had in my life. It was the flint that needed to be striked and once sparked the fire could not calmed. The fire burns with a white hue and joins with other flames to become stronger. This is the passion for a love of music and the community of other musicians joining together. I am happy to say that i regret nothing when it comes to band.
When I was younger, I would hang on to my parents and i would never venture out of my comfort zone. As i grew older I started to cautiously make friends, making sure that I favorited their traits. In fifth grade I could not wait to start learning to play an instrument and I decided the instrument I would choose, which was the clarinet. These were my first steps to really

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