Marching band

believe music is a thing that comes naturally to me. So, naturally, I signed up for band in sixth grade. From the beginning, I knew I would continue band into high school – I have always thought highly of marching band, and besides, playing clarinet is fun. It wasn’t until my first halftime show, however, that I felt a legitimate fear of performing in front of people. I had had my fair share of piano recitals and band concerts by then, and sure, I got stage fright, but I’ve never performed in…

and teach while in command with a desire for the marching band to succeed. The drum major should have an exceptional understanding of time and rhythm and effectively understand marching in order to help other students. They must always look to improve and accept the criticism given to them for well-performing group. They must take initiative and be sensitive to the needs of the entire band. They have to work well with both the band director and the band, and must know how to gain and hold the…

No Reason in Band) "What you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." This quote is from The Phantom Tollbooth. There are experiences in life where we learn lessons for no reason at all. These things teach us lessons that we don't expect. These are lessons that are learned for no reason at all. For me, my best learning experiences have come from music, and the lessons I learned there were for no reason at all. Being in band has taught me…

section's improvement. I would assist people who need it; to be section leader also means that I have to aid the Drum Majors and the band director in keeping order and making sure everyone knows what they are doing. My first year in the band was extra special for me because my section leaders made it that way, and I tried to make the rookies’ first year in the band just as special by trying to be a good leader. Although there were some issues with miscommunication…

is one of the most important skills as a drum major. As assistant drum major this past year, Cheyenne has really taught me a lot about being a leader within the band. If chosen as drum major it will allow me to continue improving new and familiar skills. These skills include teaching, conducting, leadership, communication, and marching. Learning and enhancing these skills are reasons why I want this position. On top of enhancing my skills, this will prepare me for my future career as a…

high and I felt scared and intimidated by all of the new people, but my squad and section leaders welcomed me into the trombone section and they made me less scared because I knew six other people in the hallways at school. My past two years in marching band, I have had wonderful section and squad leaders and I respect them…

conversation at home. In fact, we only had the one blinking stop light in the entire town! Nothing, but just the one. What did we do for fun you ask? It was all about the football games. The town revolved around our sports teams, but not me. My life was the band. Since there wasn’t much to do in this small-town…

Which is simply a listed schedule with dates and times telling us the vents that we will participate in band and when we will have band practices. The person who is in authority of these emails is again our band director. This is because he knows all scheduled information for the previous, present and following weeks before anyone else knows because he schedules events for the marching band. Band members non participants and participants are the people who are highly recommended to read these…

door, racing to the school so I wouldn’t miss the bus to my first competition of senior year. When I pulled up the rest of the band was already lining up to get on their assigned busses. Luckily though my friends were…

decided that I wanted to be able to share my knowledge of the marching season with younger members; so I applied to be a squad leader. I was chosen and able to lead three other girls that also play the mellophone with me. Throughout the season I had to put in a lot of hard work. Squad leaders had two days of training and then all of the hard work started. In July, we had pre-band camp where we taught our squads the basics of marching. At band camp within a five day period I had taught my squad…