I know I said I would do it everyday, but once hell week came around it
became a little crazy. I didn't know how tired I would be after 11 hours
of practice.
Hell Week
On Monday, we started off with evil stretches with this choreographer that is working with the guard. We start at 9 exactly each morning and end close to 8 pm. Anyway, I didn't know that the stretches would affect me that much. But they did a number on my thighs. I was in pain for like three days after.
We got into sectionals for a little, doing basics. We were with Shauna for a little while but then she sent us over to Scott. We were out for a while and it was very, very hot. But we had fun. Then we went into a basics block and the Drum Major candidates led us. We learned some drill to our cheese show. That was fun too. Then we had lunch, which was crunchy cheese steak (ugh). Then we stayed in and played some music in the band room and then went back outside to learn more drill. We went inside to eat dinner then went back out and added music to our drill that we had learned.
Tuesday was pretty much the same except we marched around the Bluefield like 5 million times to get Tank (the song we had put with drill the day before) in our feet. We took pictures too and I let my hair down and that was kind of fun. It actually worked a little. We ran through Tank and then started working on Johnny Quest. On Wednesday we ended up working hard on Johnny Quest because it wasn't locking together. We ended up running it and nobody could get it. It was very frustrating.
On Thursday, we worked on Jetsons meets the Simpsons. It's really weird drill. But it's fun to do. By the end of the night Mr. Eick was getting really mad because we were all talking and going on. So we ended running 2 laps and it was really not fun.
Friday was a fresh start. It was great; today was the day of the big picnic. We started off with the stretches. Then we went to basics in secs. We started to do drill and we went set by set. We ended up finishing just in time for lunch. We had bagel pizza things. Then we went back and played music and then went in to music sectionals. My flute was being stupid so when we got back I took it to Mr. Fadden. Then we played some more. We played the ballad for the real show and it's really pretty. Then we went outside and ensembled with the Pit and Drum Line. Mr. Eick had to leave so we ended up with power hungry Fadden. After that everything was really frustrating. We ended not wanting to follow Shauna. Shauna was getting upset and I can tell when she is. Nobody had one distinct tempo. We were everywhere. We ended up putting on a good show for the parents, although I had a few boo-boos. But it was a very hot, tiring week but all in all I wouldn't give it up for the world. It's fun when it wants to be.
Hell Week
On Monday, we started off with evil stretches with this choreographer that is working with the guard. We start at 9 exactly each morning and end close to 8 pm. Anyway, I didn't know that the stretches would affect me that much. But they did a number on my thighs. I was in pain for like three days after.
We got into sectionals for a little, doing basics. We were with Shauna for a little while but then she sent us over to Scott. We were out for a while and it was very, very hot. But we had fun. Then we went into a basics block and the Drum Major candidates led us. We learned some drill to our cheese show. That was fun too. Then we had lunch, which was crunchy cheese steak (ugh). Then we stayed in and played some music in the band room and then went back outside to learn more drill. We went inside to eat dinner then went back out and added music to our drill that we had learned.
Tuesday was pretty much the same except we marched around the Bluefield like 5 million times to get Tank (the song we had put with drill the day before) in our feet. We took pictures too and I let my hair down and that was kind of fun. It actually worked a little. We ran through Tank and then started working on Johnny Quest. On Wednesday we ended up working hard on Johnny Quest because it wasn't locking together. We ended up running it and nobody could get it. It was very frustrating.
On Thursday, we worked on Jetsons meets the Simpsons. It's really weird drill. But it's fun to do. By the end of the night Mr. Eick was getting really mad because we were all talking and going on. So we ended running 2 laps and it was really not fun.
Friday was a fresh start. It was great; today was the day of the big picnic. We started off with the stretches. Then we went to basics in secs. We started to do drill and we went set by set. We ended up finishing just in time for lunch. We had bagel pizza things. Then we went back and played music and then went in to music sectionals. My flute was being stupid so when we got back I took it to Mr. Fadden. Then we played some more. We played the ballad for the real show and it's really pretty. Then we went outside and ensembled with the Pit and Drum Line. Mr. Eick had to leave so we ended up with power hungry Fadden. After that everything was really frustrating. We ended not wanting to follow Shauna. Shauna was getting upset and I can tell when she is. Nobody had one distinct tempo. We were everywhere. We ended up putting on a good show for the parents, although I had a few boo-boos. But it was a very hot, tiring week but all in all I wouldn't give it up for the world. It's fun when it wants to be.