You Know You're In Band When…
You know that being early is on time, being on time is late, and being late is unacceptable
You know "one more time" does not mean one more time
During the first football games you hate your heavy uniforms, but by the last ones you love them oh so much
One of your sports on Facebook is 'Marching Band'
When the director plugs in someone's iPod during band camp, you get scared
The whole band starts dancing to 'Moves Like Jagger', even the director
You see no problem in number 6
Your band director has yelled 'this is band, not make out time', to two people who aren't even dating
The director always asks you if two people are dating
Letters past G don't matter
You always bug the director to find out next year's show
During concert season, you wish you got to play some of the fun music from marching season again
When the athletic director let a random 12 year old sing the national anthem at the last home game of the season, the whole band started yelling at the director
The section leaders yell at you for being out of step, when they are out of step
As a freshmen, you were afraid for the first day of band camp
You have seen your band director scream that Santa called her and everyone thinks 'and how old are you?'
At times your band director seems like the most oblivious person in the world
Your director says inappropriate things and doesn't realize it until after the whole band starts laughing
You have been told on many occasions that the band sucks, by the director
You have been told you weren't going to rehearse a piece until it got better, but then the next day the director tries like hell to get you to learn it for the football game
UMASS BAND DAY!
You know that just because people are seniors, doesn't make them mature, in fact it usually means the opposite
The flutes are complaining about carrying their instruments and the tubas quickly shut them up
Randomly dancing on the field during halftime isn't at all odd
Whenever someone screams 'Band a ten-hut!' you scream 'HUT' no matter where you are or what you are doing
You now love the song 'Hey Baby'
You can sleep in the most uncomfortable positions on the loudest buses
You know there are two buses: The band bus and the guard bus
You try like hell to stay off the guard bus
The director tells you that her grandmother has more energy then you
ENERGIZE YO FEET! (inside band joke)
At first, you hate marching season, but once it's over you wish it wasn't
Nothing shocks you anymore
It is not unusual for people to chase each other around the band room over a pencil
You saw your student teacher accidently hit your section leader (who happens to hate you) in the face
You tried really hard, and failed, to stifle a laugh at number 35
If the microphone doesn't work, your director has a megaphone to yell insults at you through
The director tells the tuba player to stop running around and he doesn't listen
The terms 'push in', 'pull out', 'finger', and 'blow harder' are by no means inappropriate
You always get run over by a guard member
You know the term 'armed guard' means a girl with a flag/riffle/saber, not a guy with a gun
All guard members attack each other with their equipment
A/N: If there is anything you think I should add, put it in a review and I'll make a second chapter with your ideas