Ok, every band geek (nerd, dork, etc.) knows that u meet the most interesting and fun people in band. It's great. This is the story of what goes on in my HS band. *Note* People's names are changed for their own sanity.

CHARACTERS!! I'll probably forget some people, and havta come back later, and add them

FRESHMAN!

Sheila – Me! I'm a clarinet player *1st clarinet, 5th chair* ('cept I play trumpet, sax, and mallets too but not a lot of people know that shhh!), and I'm in pep band. That about covers it for me! Wait no! I forgot the good part! I'M A BANDGEEK! GO ME!

Kristin – Flute player, pep band member. A really good friend (or as we say "fiend") of mine. Kris and I share the same views on many things. She's also a BANDGEEK.

John – He's a Bari sax player, in pep band and is also a big band geek. He gets on many people's nerves. Aka Bariman.

Randal – He's my buddy. He plays clarinet *3rd clarinet*, however he despises band, and isn't in pep band. Oh well, he's a lost cause!!!!

Star – She also plays clarinet, and she isn't in pep band either, but she's always really nice!

Margie – SECOND CHAIR TRUMPET! I'm s0o0oo proud. A freshman! Go her! In a bunch of my classes too. LOTR fan here!

SOPHMORES!

Cheri – Flute player, in pep band with the rest of us. Buddy o mine.

Nicholas – Clarinet player*2nd chair of the second clarinets*, in pep band. He's a dork! Naah, just kidding'. He's weird though, so watch out!

Alicia – Well…she's a bit of an oddball. She's not in band, but she plays with the pep band. Just because. She plays clarinet too. I'm usually between her and Mike at the football games so they don't bite each other's heads off.

Fred – Mike's best friend and an oboe player. The one and ONLY oboe player hahaha. He play's alto saxophone too, so that works. He's not in pep band. Boo! Just playing, he has an excuse. He's a football player. I don't how good he is though. It's not like I go the football games and watch them play football, our team sucks! The most we've scored in one game was like 13 points. He gets excited just because he gets too play though, so why let him down and rain on his parade, and tell he sucks??? That would be so0o0o depressing.

Todd – He plats the baritone. He's a male cheerleader…AND PROUD. But the dude has had like s0o0o many girl friends so don't get the wrong idea. He's cool. And he's not in pep band; supposedly he's too "cool" for pep band. That makes him dork….but in a bad way. Like, I'm a dork, but in a good way. Don't ask.

JUNIORS!

Tim –Poor Timmy! He doesn't get his on category anymore. Anyways, he plays the baritone, and he's in pep band. He also does this freaky thing where he turns his head half way around until he's just about looking RIGHT behind him….very freaky, but that's Tim for ya.

Ok, I realized Jack is a junior…

Jack!  -  You can't forget this dude. He has a real passion for band. You should see him when he directs. You also know when he's in the room =, because he'll be the loudest one in there. He plays tuba, and is in pep band.

Last but NOT least….SENIORS!

Pat! – This dude is awesome. He plays saxophone. He's always making all sorts of cracks during band, so watch out. And of course, he's in pep band.

Bob! – He plays quads. He's very neato. He's also in pep band.

Dale! – This dude plays trumpet. He's not that good but he tries. He's got a magic trumpet! See story. He also dressed up as Mr. D(Our band director) last year for Halloween.

Chaz – THIS DUDE HAS GOTTA BE THE BEST DRUMMER EVER! He really ROX on snare. It's awesome just watching him play. How does he do it?!?!

Dan – He's a sax player. He hangs out with Pat, Bob, and Jack a bunch. I don't know him all too well, but I'm starting to "interact" with him so I need him on here.

Mark – This dude is kind of scary (sorry "Mark" if you're readin' this!). But he came up with the idea of THE WINTER SCALE GAMES! He's a legend really.

Ok I think that's it for characters….for now.

The Tequila and Fatman

Everyone knows that song right?? And the part that goes TEQUILA! Well it's not "proper" to shout an alcoholic beverage out in the football stands, and it sounds like we're promoting drinking  we wouldn't wanna do that! Now would we??)

So we're in band, deciding what to shout. A few things were suggested:

POTATOE!

VILLAS! (Bad neighborhood)

TOM'S MOM!

GO LOWER! (Lower Township is our school's district, Lower for short)

CHUCK RIO! (The guy that wrote the song)

So all through practicing we shouted one of these things. Except Mr. D wouldn't let us shout TOM'S MOM…I wonder why….We also weren't allowed to shout VILLAS even though over half the band wanted to shout it. The director said he didn't want us all to get beat-up after the game….go figure. We decided to vote. We all voted for POTATO, but then Mr. D said we sounded like retards, and we ending up saying GO LOWER which sounds really wrong if you think about it.

Pat, and Dale are standing behind Mr. D.

"I reeeally don't trust you guys standing behind me" Mr. D laughed. And he had good reason not to, because as he was talking they made faces at him behind his back:-D. He also notices Pat is sweating.

"And why are you sweating???" He asked with a smile.

"Because I'm fat."

The whole band starts laughing.

"What! You wanted an honest and straight answer that that's what I gave you!"

Mr. D is trying to respond but he can't stop laughing.

"Aw thanks, I'm comfortable with being FAT thank you." Pat says. Everyone laughs on.

"I think I'm going to go the guidance counselor and CRY now, thanks GUYS!" He jokes. We all haven't stopped laughing.

More laughing….END