*Sorry I forgot Thursdays practice. It was kind of a blur*
Second Football Game
On Friday, we worked on the football field forever. I forgot my flip folder so I didn't know my coordinates for the drill. Anyway I was having a pretty off day and Mr. Eick was yelling at us all week. Then we got to eat at 4:30 and I had 2 slices of pizzas. Then we all got ready to go to a school in Allentown. They are the Freedom Patriots. We didn't play pre- game because we didn't get there early enough.
We got in and went to the stands and started to watch the football game. Most of the Brass was being crazy like they always do. They are always so annoying. Mr. Fadden always is in a bad mood so he didn't appreciate it. So he kept giving Mr. Eick a face. Oh and in case I didn't tell you already, there is a big war going on in our section Steph vs. Vanessa. Mr. Eick is trying to pick a section leader and they are both vying for it. It's getting ridiculous, Vanessa is bribing us and talking behind Steph's back. Steph has been in MB longer though and I would really rather Steph than Vanessa just because the way she is. She doesn't claim to be perfect and she is just a regular person in MB. Vanessa tries way too hard to be perfect. But Vanessa told us not to do a two-step thing we always do in The Time Warp for a stand tune. Then in Gimme Some Lovin' she looked too bothered to dance. It's a football game for Christ's sake, not a competition and she has to act like we should not have fun and be very professional. UGH! I hate her. She is very sly.
But getting back to the game, we ended up scoring a touch down in the first half and then we went to warm up for the half time show. And then we lined up on the goal line and did this football-chanting thing. It's really funny and we ran onto the field. The show was flawless except some minor glitches. One of the guards fell, and another got trampled on their way off the field but they are fine. We then got to have the 3rd Quarter off and nobody wanted to mingle with the other band. They are so boring so we went back to the stands with 2:00 minutes left and played a bunch more stand tunes. We actually were at war with the other band on one song we played and every time we would play it they would turn around and flip their coat tails up at us. It was funny, I loved it.
After the football game we were all still rowdy and we ended getting in trouble on the way back because a lot of the Freshman were talking and also some of the upper classmen. So Mr. Eick reamed us out in public, it wasn't very fun. He threatened to quit and we were all pretty heated when we got back on the buses. He then said we had to stay at the school because the boosters/parents wanted to speak with us. So the whole ride home was an interesting one. We sat there in heated discussion over the whole thing.
When we got to the band room, they had us sit down and they told us how disappointed they were, but they had no right. One of the boosters quit, but it's not like he hasn't before. So we all went home in a bad mood. A lot of us were crying and the whole flute matter still needs to be resolved. So I sat and thought a lot over the weekend and cleared my head.
Second Football Game
On Friday, we worked on the football field forever. I forgot my flip folder so I didn't know my coordinates for the drill. Anyway I was having a pretty off day and Mr. Eick was yelling at us all week. Then we got to eat at 4:30 and I had 2 slices of pizzas. Then we all got ready to go to a school in Allentown. They are the Freedom Patriots. We didn't play pre- game because we didn't get there early enough.
We got in and went to the stands and started to watch the football game. Most of the Brass was being crazy like they always do. They are always so annoying. Mr. Fadden always is in a bad mood so he didn't appreciate it. So he kept giving Mr. Eick a face. Oh and in case I didn't tell you already, there is a big war going on in our section Steph vs. Vanessa. Mr. Eick is trying to pick a section leader and they are both vying for it. It's getting ridiculous, Vanessa is bribing us and talking behind Steph's back. Steph has been in MB longer though and I would really rather Steph than Vanessa just because the way she is. She doesn't claim to be perfect and she is just a regular person in MB. Vanessa tries way too hard to be perfect. But Vanessa told us not to do a two-step thing we always do in The Time Warp for a stand tune. Then in Gimme Some Lovin' she looked too bothered to dance. It's a football game for Christ's sake, not a competition and she has to act like we should not have fun and be very professional. UGH! I hate her. She is very sly.
But getting back to the game, we ended up scoring a touch down in the first half and then we went to warm up for the half time show. And then we lined up on the goal line and did this football-chanting thing. It's really funny and we ran onto the field. The show was flawless except some minor glitches. One of the guards fell, and another got trampled on their way off the field but they are fine. We then got to have the 3rd Quarter off and nobody wanted to mingle with the other band. They are so boring so we went back to the stands with 2:00 minutes left and played a bunch more stand tunes. We actually were at war with the other band on one song we played and every time we would play it they would turn around and flip their coat tails up at us. It was funny, I loved it.
After the football game we were all still rowdy and we ended getting in trouble on the way back because a lot of the Freshman were talking and also some of the upper classmen. So Mr. Eick reamed us out in public, it wasn't very fun. He threatened to quit and we were all pretty heated when we got back on the buses. He then said we had to stay at the school because the boosters/parents wanted to speak with us. So the whole ride home was an interesting one. We sat there in heated discussion over the whole thing.
When we got to the band room, they had us sit down and they told us how disappointed they were, but they had no right. One of the boosters quit, but it's not like he hasn't before. So we all went home in a bad mood. A lot of us were crying and the whole flute matter still needs to be resolved. So I sat and thought a lot over the weekend and cleared my head.