Purple Band Journey

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During the course of my senior year, I had to prepare myself and others for marching. The MPB (Mean Purple Band) has a very rich history in the small town of Carrizo Springs. Our marching band had a 29-year streak of receiving 1’s at UIL marching competition. This year we had a chance to turn it into a 30-year streak and I did not want to end my senior year breaking the streak. Being a section leader, I had to attend a camp of some sort hosted by our very own band directors. The main purpose was to teach all the section leaders and a few seniors how to be leaders and to teach the lowerclassmen how to march. During the first week of practices, that was the time being spent teaching the freshman how to march, then the second week was all of the

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