80 things that show you're a Band Geek :)
You find yourself always walking in time with people around you unintentionally
You find you don't mind being called a Band Geek
You call your plumes crows
You have named your plumes
You have a song that is your 'band song' that reminds you about band
You start singing your band show and soon all your friends are too
You are not afraid of crowds of people watching your every move
You find that you refer to music at least once per conversation
You have a nick name
You were forced in to that nick name
Your instrument is your favorite thing ever
You miss your band friends when you aren't with them
You know what 'Chop Saver' is
You're not afraid of spit
You like to sleep in gyms on air mattresses
You don't mind running in the summer
You look forward to band camp
You know instruments that not many people do (Ex: contra, mellophone)
You know everybody in the band, by name and by instrument
You're not afraid to shower in a locker room that has no curtains
You find yourself talking about band even with your friends who don't know what you're talking about
At your last competition your cried
You spend the majority of your free time during school in the band room/hallway
You are willing to be close with sweaty smelly people and not tell them to take a shower
You have slept with your music under your pillow the night before a show for good luck
You buy a shirt at each of your band competitions
You wear your band shirts almost all of the time
You go to all the fun days that your band friends have planned (Ex: snowball fights, ultimate Frisbee)
You go to a restraunt with band friends after a football game
If you're a woodwind you have a friendly rivalry with the brass
If you're a brass you have a friendly rivalry with the woodwinds
You have/had a boyfriend/girlfriend in band with you
You have asked your teacher to go to the band room during class to practice
You eat lunch in the band room
You have your band directors number in your cell phone
You talk to band kids more than your own family
You have all your band songs on your iPod
You love to draw music notes everywhere
Your music is in a 3-ring binder… in sheet protectors
You have lettered in marching band
When people say marching band isn't a sport you take offence
You and your friends argue about which instrument is better
You plot against your section leader
When in uniform and someone asks you to do them you know they are referring to their top needing zipped (Same with undoing)
You have dropped your instrument and then looked around to see if anyone else saw and they are all starring at you in shock
You want to be a marching band person for Halloween
You actually asked your band director about being a band person for Halloween and using your uniform
You were disappointed when the said no
You sing all of the cheer leaders cheers with them at football games
When you're at a foot ball game and the fight song comes on you and all the band members start singing your parts for it
You constantly pick on the percussionists with your friends
You have played truth or dare with the band, and chosen dare
You want to be a drum major
But then you don't want to be drum major because you can't march that show
You don't call your band director Mr. Blank/Mrs. Blank, you call them Blank
When your band got a medal at a show you wore it for a week straight
Every person that you are currently interested in dating is in band
You say hi to the band people in the hall ways and they say hi back
When the upperclassmen call you an annoying freshman you don't take offence because you know they are kidding
When you got to a school you would be staying at for a completion you ran around playing ninjas in the dark
You actually like the long bus rides
You can sleep on the bus even though you're surrounded by noise and you aren't comfy
You have marched your whole show in your head at home
You have marched your whole show in your driveway/yard/street with only one other band member
You aren't afraid of anyone in band
You have missed a dance you really wanted to go to for a band competition
You have gone to get coffee before school with your band friends
You are not afraid to get in a car with your band members because you know them so well
You don't know any of the band moms by their real name, they are all known as 'Mommy' to you and everyone else
You have named your instrument
And all of your friends' instruments
You can tell if an instrument is sharp or flat almost instantly
Your section has its own chant and your proud of it
You know the joke behind the other sections cheers
Your band friends have put you in a garbage can…. Multiple times
You (and the person who tried to help you) have been thrown out into the rain because you wouldn't wake up for breakfast (at a school you stayed at for a competition)
You make your friends look for hot guys/girls at band competitions (they must be in a band of course)
You watch your marching band show on YouTube over and over and over and over again trying to get it suck in your brain
You actually took the time to read all of these
You can relate to most of these
OK so that's about all I could think of. Most of these are about my band… actually all of these are about my band. I miss them so much. Grrrr the season went by soooooo fast and I want to relive it! Thanks for reading! Review and tell me which ones were your favorites
-Love you!
~Ky
P.S. ALL of these are directly related to me
