Personal Narrative: My Band Life

It was a Thursday, I walked in the band room being greeted by all my band members that were all excited, I felt the opposite. I was full of anxiety, very spaced out to the world; myself being a senior, being my last year of marching band meant I was high candidate on being chosen to be a band leader. My past drum major look at me and told me “relax, breathe, you will be fine and good luck”. As my ex-drum major step on the podium, she explain how it was one of the best experiences of her life leading this band and it was a great pleasure. I sat there, thinking…breathe, and I turned to the clock. One….two….three minutes have barely passed back, it felt like an eternity have passed by. On those long, ever-lasting 10 minutes to say who was the next drum major; my nerves commenced bottling up, my level of anxiety increased by 10x greater and I had on my mind was breathe, breathe in and out. As my three past majorettes all said my name in unison, I turn and was frozen in shock and could not believe. The room went from being so quiet that so you can hear people’s thoughts to the room being filled with cheers. …show more content…
A millions hug coming from every direction I can see, everyone smiling and celebrating, telling me “you will do amazing”. After I began to take in all that just happen I thought, all my hard work paid off, all the time I spend paid off, and all the sweat and tears spent practicing day and night showed. My next thought was I will lead this band to greatness and will make everyone proud. Not only my determination showed in the 3 years of me being in band but my hard-working efforts showed enough to be named was called to be 2015-2016 drum major/ leader of the