So I find the marching band part of this site which I think is pretty much the coolest thing ever. So I decided to write done some of my own experiences in marching band using a character to experience them all. Their stories that I'm sure some of you can relate to. It's not really a story, but rather mini stories with the same charcters and names and such, but I will write them in a cohesive order so as not to confuse anyone. It starts at the beginning of my own and the character's marching band experience. The chapter titles do have relevance to the chapters even if at first it doesn't seem like they do.
1. Hugs
It was the first time that she had ever entered the band room. It was larger than she expected. Its shape was that of a simple rectangle. The walls were lined with lockers of all different sizes to fit the many different instruments. She was greeted by a guy wearing a Beatles shirt. She noticed that with his right arm he was cradling a trombone.
"What section are you looking for?" he asked.
"The piccolos…" her voice was quiet. It could hardly be heard over the sounds of other members of the band warming up.
The Beatle-shirt guy pointed to the other side of the room with his free hand. She followed his point to see a group of girls sitting in a row of chairs. She thanked him and then headed in that direction. She was not there long when two girls came jumping up to her. One was extremely pale with many freckles, while the other looked to be Indian being very tan the exact opposite of her friend.
"Are you a piccolo?" the paler one asked excitedly.
"Yeah…" she responded nervously.
Both girls seemed to jump for joy. The darker one came closer and gave her a huge hug. She stood awkwardly as the girl hugged her. The two girls then mentioned there names but she was still in shock.
"What's your name?" the paler one asked her.
"Chelsea…" she said quietly.
"Great!" the paler one said and then led her over to a seat in between two girls. She pointed to the girl on the right. The girl appeared shorter and had shortish black hair. "This is Alex." She said and then point to the girl on the left. This girl had golden hair. "This is Laura. Alex…Laura, this is Chelsea." With that the girl left Chelsea to sit in the seat between Alex and Laura.
"Hi!" both said cheerily. The paler girl came back holding a small pile of music. She placed it on the stand and then left to go sit in her own seat. Chelsea glanced at the music. Half of it was warm-ups, but the other half was the music of the new marching band season. It read "Carmen" at the top.
The first rehearsal went quickly. At the end Chelsea exited the band room and went into her mom's car.
"Well?" her mother asked. "How was it?"
Chelsea remained silent for a moment. "Some girl hugged me and I still don't know her name." was her response. Her mother laughed and started the car.
A/N: the chapters will all be pretty short seeing as they're just short stories that I thought were amusing and important during the marching band seasons. So I hope you like the first installment. Let me know by reviewing!