BAND

so today was the last day of rookie camp for band. over the past two Weeks i along with other seniors and section leaders taught many freshmen how to march. very exciting stuff. from day one up until now i have seen so much improvement it's just awesome. I'm proud of all of the upper class men for doing a good job and setting a good example. i will brag on myself for just a sec, ha, today was the last day and in all of Tate's band traditions we have one for rookie camp on the last day. a march off. we get all the freshmen in a block and call different commands that they have to follow. well after the freshmen do it, the upper class men get their chance to shine. so i go out there for the upper class men block and i get set. they start the tempo off fairly fast. about 120 b.p.m. or so. nothing too hard. we get moving while Ben, the winner of two years previous march off, calls out the commands. it gets down to the final 5. i tuba, 3 trombones and a flute. tuba and flute messed up so they fall out. it's just Annie, Lou, and me left. all trombones. ya. we're raw. well Lou messed up first on a slide change i believe and Annie messed up at a dressing move. thus leaving me the victor. I'm proud to be the 09 -10 rookie camp march off champ. ha. put that title on a trophy! anywho, good two weeks of hard work. plus now i have funny band tan lines =] peace