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Chapter Five

8th Grade Jazz Band Is…

8th grade jazz band is…

Miles climbing on the instrument cabinets every day

David and his scales (the music kind)

Matt, the evil trombone player, and the stands

Conspiracies about Matt, the straws, the shoe, and the stands (for elaboration, see Heroes of Bandtopia, written by Stormy Llewlyn)

Miles harping on me every day

"If you're going to suck, suck loud!"

Playing for little kids during Elementary Tour and watching them dance to songs like "Respect" and "El Noche Del Burrito Picante"

A little kid looking at you play your bari sax and saying, "I want to play tubaphone when I grow up, too!"

Stealing Miles' solo at Java & Jazz

Getting "lei-ed" at Library Luau

Keeping a tally on the Band Board of how many times Mc swore (end tally was over a hundred)

Fantasizing about marching band

"Tequila!"

Waiting for the band room to blow up (again, see "Bandtopia")

Miles stealing my instrument in the middle of a song and playing it ten times better than I ever could

Holding a grudge against Miles for stealing my instrument

Pretending not to hold a grudge against Miles

"We're only going to play this one more time, I swear."

Knowing that Mr. Mc was totally lying when he said we were only playing it one more time

Memorizing pieces of the songs because you played them so often

Alphabetizing your folder

Helping Mr. Mc file things away in the cabinets because filing is fun!

Realizing, at a concert, that you have 2 front pieces to "Crazy Train" and no back and no one in your section has an extra back or is missing a front

Spending some quality time with Merton, your bari sax and with your friends

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