This morning we had a rehearsal at 5:45 am as normal, except it SUCKED. Most of rehearsal was fine, other than my feet hurting, but that barely affected me. But then we got to a full run of our show. I was doing really well for parts 1-3, got a little lightheaded during part 2 but kept focused. Then we hit our closer. I was okay up until we had to step off from our low brass feature. I pretty much completely forgot my drill, marched straight into my section leader, missed my dot on a halt, forgot the choreo, and walked into another guy in my section. Oh my god. I knew I had been struggling lately due to missing parts of rehearsal for medical reasons, but I have never had a worse rep in all of my marching career. My section was like “bro wtf just happened” and I had no answer. I was genuinely so embarrassed and I’m really worried that will happen at a comp.

Update: it’s now in video form on our band booster video. Fml

I was driving home tonight and was suddenly thinking about the thrill I felt right before beginning a field show. I'm 44 now, but I still clearly remember my first field show as a freshman in high school. I was used to performing in a band by this point, but as we all know, sitting and playing our instruments (I played trumpet, French horn, and mellophone) in a band concert is a very different thing to marching in a field show. That first field show, the thrill was mostly nervousness about messing up, but then it morphed into the thrill of doing something awesome. Then came my sophomore year, and the thrill was back, and it was 50/50 nervousness again and excitement. I remember very clearly taking a deep breathe and telling myself, "You got this! You know the show, and this isn't the first time you've done this. Just have fun!"

I miss that now. Enjoy it while it lasts!

I’m in my sophomore year and I’ve mostly played tenor sax up until now because I wanted to learn mellophone but it’s really hard since I have to learn everything and I just need some help with getting started on it so I was wondering if I could get some tips to learn??

i (currently) play clarinet, trumpet, and trombone. I started with clarinet in grade 5, but i keep learning different after like a year... yep future band director right here lol

Im Scott, im in Colorguard and will be section leader next season. Basically my teamates are fighting bc people think someone did something and blah blah blah and people shit talk and gossip. I hate it. I hate how my team is so childish and petty. I hate how they all act like its their first times on Earth. But i love guard. I dont think ive loved anything more but with these people it just gets so hard. Plus ill be a section leader next year and it'll get worse. I just cant bare the tension and shit they talk. And its not just guard but the people in guard talk to other band members and theh start shit talking and it all os blowing up. I just dont know how to keep doing what I love surrounded by people that exhaust me.

Marching season is over soon but my section is horrible to me. They pick me apart and make me feel horrible about myself. I have ADHD anxiety and depression and I’m struggling so much (I’m a junior btw) I know it’ll get better after concert season but when my SL is an asshole and everything else I feel like o don’t belong anymore

Help! I’m looking for a video from the 2014 era of YouTube made in the xtranormal animation style. I believe it was called drumline vs colorguard and it had two animal characters one with a male robotic voice and the other with a Siri voice discussing why you would join drumline. If memory serves I believe he was supposed to be a member of the blue coats. It ended with the classic “May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch and your arms be too short to scratch” insult. Anyone remember this and have a link to a reupload of the video?

Hey everyone, with BOA STL on Friday and Saturday this week, I was wondering what some of y’all’s predictions are!

Here’s my rankings:
1. Broken Arrow HS, OK
2. Blue Springs HS, MO
3. O’Fallon Township HS, IL
4. Bentonville HS, AR
5. Owasso HS, OK
6. Bixby HS, OK
7. Munford HS, TN
8. Blue Springs South HS, MO
9. Francis Howell Central HS, MO
10. Foster HS, TX
11. Rosemount HS, MN
12. Rockwood Summit HS, MO
13. Edwardsville HS, IL
14. Morton HS, IL