Disclaimer: You know I don't own marching band
Taren led me outside to where everyone was gathering in a circle. I stared in amazement and confusion as the drum major Jess started to lead the "exercises. These "exercises" were just fun things that they did while moving. They one called The Button Factory. After that everyone filed inside and we took out our instruments. Mr. Voigt waited there patiently for us to be ready. Once everyone was situated, he started to speak.
"We will start from the beginning of Into the Storm. Ready?" he said.
He started to direct and we started to play. My part wasn't complicated at all; it was really, really easy. I played all C's for sometime. It actually was getting boring. Then the clarinets had to mess up.
"Again, from the top," he said and we started to play again.
We got past the part again, a few parts were messy but it was ok for the second day of band camp. This song was boring…. Until I got to the part I couldn't play. I only learned up to the letter C. Well, actually now I can get up to the high G which is quite amazing, but Taren can still get higher than me...anyway enough of my babble, back to the story!
This went on forever until Mr. Voigt decided to go outside. He told me which group I was in. I forget it now, I think it was like purple 3 or maybe it was yellow 2, well I don't remember. He shown me where to stand and started to explain the drill.
"Every 12 steps you march, there will be a stutter step. Here I'll show you," he said, doing the stutter step. Murmuring of the words 'cool' and 'awesome' could be heard from the field.
Mr. Voigt showed us where we had to go. After a few hours of that, we headed in for lunch. My friends took the back corner of the band room by the timpani. I sat by my friend, Bryan Foust, a trombone player. He was my friend since preschool, so we're really close. My other friends there included Taren, Liz (a clarinet player), Jamie (another clarinet player), Kyle (a trombone player), Pottsy (a trumpet player), Casey (another trumpet player), and Hannah (a bell player). As lunch goes, it is usually the most interesting part of some one's day. Our lunch included gossip and throwing carrots. Tim, Rachel, and Becky sat on the floor playing some game they made up called Flaar or something like that. We watched as they ran around the band room doing stupid things. Ok, so lunch was pretty stupid, it seems to you. Yeah, it looks that way.
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A little more about me and my friends. Like I said, I played clarinet and baritone. I am an average looking girl with a love for band. Let's just say...that band made me a little perverted. Bryan, Jamie, and Liz are my best friends. They are all weird in their own ways and no one knows why we are friends when we act different. That is a little about us. Back to the story!
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Well, we got back to band camp and learned more drill, at this time I didn't call it drill. The tuba player, Chelsea, camethen and I had to move so we could get another chair.
"Do I know you?"Chelsea asked, a little confused.
"I'm Riley. I played clarinet."I said.
"Oh...well that's why I don't know you."she said.
When we could go home, I said bye to Bryan. Casey came up to me and grinned.
"Aw…you're so cute together. I think you should go out!" she said.
My jaw dropped. "No way…. Never…we're just friends."
Little did I know this "thing" about me and Bryan would get along and eventually go to the school. But at that point I was oblivious as I said goodbye to the others and climbed in my mom's van.
A/N- I know this story is short but I'm trying to leave it off at good parts. I know this part is a bit dull. It should get better once football games and more practices start. Well R&R.