First Football Game
Today was awesome. I cannot express in word how I feel because it felt so awesome to be out there performing again. I got to the school at 12 p.m. because of sectionals. We had a great time in that. It was very relaxed and we had fun. Then we went in at around 1:45 and had some munchies.
Everyone started arriving by that time, and Mr. Eick came in and said we were going to do stand tunes till 3:30. We got 2 new stand tunes to play, Soul Finger and Wooley Bulley. We played through most of the stand tunes and then headed out side to do run-throughs on the field because we hadn't tried it on the field.
Mr. Eick was not too happy with us because we were playing and marching bad. UGH. And he told us that we were going to be playing pre- game. Personally I don't like pre-game because it means that nobody is there when you are playing. Usually we play half time when we are home, but the other band lived far and wouldn't make it on time. But back to us sucking, he said it was like beating a dead horse. So we went in to dinner after our bad practice and got our Polo shirts to wear for the game (we don't start wearing our uniforms until it starts to get cold. We had dinner and then got ready for the first game.
We marched out in the 2 lines, then went off to warm up. Most of the freshmen were having first game jitters but they got cleared up once we started to get ready to perform. One of the flute players was missing, creating huge gap in between me and another flute player. But that wasn't that bad. We ran onto the field like we normally do, our band isn't very formal with entrances and exits. Last year we ended up running on and off the field for every show. Next game we are going off in a big PME playing our fight song.
We were set in place and Shauna did her little salute thing and then she called us to attention. We played to Tank and I didn't miss a beat. I never found myself out of step. We went on to Johnny Quest which has always been a problem for us and later when I watched the tape that my mother made we sounded off. But the Jetson's meets Simpson's was great. I can't believe how well I did. After the show we ran back off and Mr. Eick told us how good we did and what we needed to clean up and what not.
Then we went off the stands for some fun. And we always have fun with the stands tunes, especially the flutes because we dance. We didn't play that many stand tunes, but it was just the first football game. Our football team scored two touchdowns in the first and second quarter.
At half time the other band went on, and they had a totally different style then us. They high step and we roll step; they conduct really funny and hold their flutes funny. But I understand.
We ended up winning the game 36-12, not to bad. I know I said that my team wasn't the greatest but they won. It must be all the new players they have. But now I am tried I should go to bed. Night.
Today was awesome. I cannot express in word how I feel because it felt so awesome to be out there performing again. I got to the school at 12 p.m. because of sectionals. We had a great time in that. It was very relaxed and we had fun. Then we went in at around 1:45 and had some munchies.
Everyone started arriving by that time, and Mr. Eick came in and said we were going to do stand tunes till 3:30. We got 2 new stand tunes to play, Soul Finger and Wooley Bulley. We played through most of the stand tunes and then headed out side to do run-throughs on the field because we hadn't tried it on the field.
Mr. Eick was not too happy with us because we were playing and marching bad. UGH. And he told us that we were going to be playing pre- game. Personally I don't like pre-game because it means that nobody is there when you are playing. Usually we play half time when we are home, but the other band lived far and wouldn't make it on time. But back to us sucking, he said it was like beating a dead horse. So we went in to dinner after our bad practice and got our Polo shirts to wear for the game (we don't start wearing our uniforms until it starts to get cold. We had dinner and then got ready for the first game.
We marched out in the 2 lines, then went off to warm up. Most of the freshmen were having first game jitters but they got cleared up once we started to get ready to perform. One of the flute players was missing, creating huge gap in between me and another flute player. But that wasn't that bad. We ran onto the field like we normally do, our band isn't very formal with entrances and exits. Last year we ended up running on and off the field for every show. Next game we are going off in a big PME playing our fight song.
We were set in place and Shauna did her little salute thing and then she called us to attention. We played to Tank and I didn't miss a beat. I never found myself out of step. We went on to Johnny Quest which has always been a problem for us and later when I watched the tape that my mother made we sounded off. But the Jetson's meets Simpson's was great. I can't believe how well I did. After the show we ran back off and Mr. Eick told us how good we did and what we needed to clean up and what not.
Then we went off the stands for some fun. And we always have fun with the stands tunes, especially the flutes because we dance. We didn't play that many stand tunes, but it was just the first football game. Our football team scored two touchdowns in the first and second quarter.
At half time the other band went on, and they had a totally different style then us. They high step and we roll step; they conduct really funny and hold their flutes funny. But I understand.
We ended up winning the game 36-12, not to bad. I know I said that my team wasn't the greatest but they won. It must be all the new players they have. But now I am tried I should go to bed. Night.