You Won’t Survive

There is no way you could make it through the couple days of torture that they call band camp.  It’s especially horrible when you can’t find someone to hang around on.  If you don’t have friends to hang out with during band camp, you’re kind of screwed.  My first year was not great, I didn’t really know anyone who was in marching band, I didn’t know who was going to do it and who wasn’t.  Around the time that band camp was on my doorstep I had found who I was planning to sleep near and who I was going to eat with.  It’s pretty difficult when you don’t get along with many of the girls in band, drama queens.  When you find your friend group, you tend to stick with them all year, no matter what.  This year my friend group ranged from 5 to 15 other people, who I did everything with.  When we went on the trip we had to be in at least groups of three, but my group was never smaller than 10.  This is a picture of my group before we entered the Mount Rushmore national park. Excuse the boys fighting in the back.

 

Speaking on the title of not surviving, even in general you won’t make it anywhere without finding at least acquaintances to help you on your journey. People to laugh with, people to cry with and people to laugh at.  Many of the friends that I made in my few years of band and marching band I know will stick with me throughout my entire life and I wouldn’t change it for the world.  This is a picture of my section, or my small family at our last competition for the 2018 year. As you might be able to see some of the girls are crying as people are leaving the band to continue onto college.

This next picture is of my entire family, friends and enemies alike.  Though we may not get along all the time we still stand up for each other and tolerate one another.

Credits to Dan Gelle of Dan Gelle Photography

This is a link to a video that portrays our band perfectly, created by Molly Fischer here it is: Not Just Some Band

This is one of my friends Emily, who isn’t very good at colour guard, hope you get a good laugh! :  Jailhouse Rock Colour Guard