Deirdre arrived at the football field at 5:15. The Weasleys, Harry and Hermione

came with her. They waited outside to buy their tickets to get in while Deirdre

went inside.

Deirdre pulled up the straps of her pants onto her shoulders and put on

her jacket. She then went up to the stands to put her hat box and trumpet case

on the step in front of her seat. She did play her trumpet for a while for

something to do.

When it was time for them to meet and warm up (play to get used to

playing before actually playing music), Deirdre went behind the home stands.

The band played scales for warm ups and then played through their music,

marching in place (marking time). The Pit (mallet/accessory percussion) and the

drum line warmed up in their own areas. The drum line eventually joined the band,

but the pit didn't because it was too hard to move everything back and forth.

Finally the time came for the pre-game show. The pit moved onto the

field followed by the band. The pit moved to their position and the band stood

in the end-zone.

The Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione cheered on the band, but mainly for

Deirdre. The band went out and preformed their show. Following their show was

the Star Spangled Banner and the Berwick High School's Victory March. They then

marched off the field and behind the stands. From there they went to their seats

in the stands to sit.

The Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione sat across the aisle from the

trumpets. Deirdre talked to them before she sat down.

"Good job, Deirdre," Harry said, giving her a kiss.

"Thanks" she said after they were done kissing.

"Hey, that's P.D.A. We don't want any of that here," Chad said, hitting

Deirdre on the shoulder.

"Oh, shut up and go away, Chad. No one cares about you," Deirdre said.

Chad sat in his seat

"What was that about?" Ron asked.

"Just one of your village idiots at his best," Deirdre answered.

"Anyway, I gotta go sit down before I get into trouble. Come down to the band

stand behind these stands third quarter of the game. I can introduce you to some

of my muggle friends. Just follow the band uniforms and you'll get there

easily." Deirdre went and took her seat.

The band played different "stand tunes" wherever appropriate. Whenever

the home team made a touchdown, the band played a part of the victory march.

Half time came along and the visiting team's band performed. The home

band stood to show respect to the other band.

After the visiting team was done playing, the home band left the stands

and went to the bandstand. The Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione followed them. They

found Deirdre, and she introduced them to her closest friends. They talked,

drank soda, and ate until it was time to go back to the stands.

They played more music as appropriate in the fourth quarter of the game.

At the end, like usual, Berwick won. The and played the victory march again to

celebrate the win, even though they didn't really have much liking for the

football team.

Deirdre waited for most of the band to clear out before she told Mr. and

Mrs. Weasley to have everyone in their group meet her behind the stands because

she had to wait for Mr. Wasser to talk to them.

After Mr. Wasser was finished with his speech, everyone went home.