Narrative Essay On Marching Band

Band camp began two weeks before the school year started. The director mailed all the band members the music they were required to learn. However, I ignored the mail and didn’t bother touching my trumpet or learning the music. I dreaded going to band camp the entire summer, but the day finally arrived when I was forced to go. My parents dropped me off at Niwot, I walked into the school, and lethargically headed straight to the band

I started band in the 6th grade, I honestly thought that I wasn’t going to make it to my senior year, but here I am a senior in band. I am not forced to be in band I can get out at anytime anyday, but I choose not to. It is hard when you are marching and it feels like 100+ degrees. You feel like you want to pass out, but you just have to suck it up and be tough. Throughout the years I have been in band I have created friendships. I have my closest friends in band. I have created many memories in band that will last a lifetime, that I will share one day with my kids. I do not know what I would do without band. Getting in band has been the best decision I have ever made. Band has been the highlight of my high school years. One of the scariest moments I have experienced in band was when we messed up at U.I.L. contest, I was terrified I did not want us to make a 2, it all happened so fast. It was time to get our results, we made a 1, I was so happy. The judges said that if you were to close your eyes and listening to us, you would not know we messed up. We never stopped playing and we recovered so fast, we were so matured when this happened. Band takes up

Marching band is hands down one of the biggest influences in my life. It has only impacted me in a positive way. From friendships that I know will last a lifetime to experiences i could never forget. My junior year in band I was baritone section leader and my senior year I was low brass section leader and brass horn sergeant. Having to be the leader of 60+ people has really

As with most kids, I was a bit nervous about my transition from middle school to high school. One advantage I had was that I participated in band in middle school and planned to be in the band in high school. The Round Rock High School band has a history of excellence and I was looking forward to being a part of that organization. This was an extraordinary time and I looked forward to being a part of the band with great anticipation. Being a part of an organization such as this makes the transition to high school seem much easier and it seemed I had a ready-made group of friends that I could rely on and ask questions of if necessary. After all, the Round Rock High School Band has over 300 members.

Marching band has had a great impact in my life, it helped me ease into high school a lot quicker. I had many upperclassmen to support me and help me through whatever I needed. The section leaders and marching specialists helped me so much. They especially helped

I have been actively participating in the school band for five years. While most of my fellow classmates have dropped out of band, I have stuck with it because, I know band teaches me valuable

“Mom, I don’t think I want to go anymore.” “Ella, I already paid. You’re gonna have to go” “I’m gonna die,” I thought in my head. I’m on my way to my first band camp. I joined my high school’s marching band a few months ago and have been working all summer on my marching and music.

Marching band was one of the most difficult/challenging activity systems that I have ever done in my life. But at the same time it was an inspirational and motivating aspect of my life. The very first thing it taught me was the definition of hard work. This was because I spent hundreds of hours to my dedication and devotion to band marching around the field in the hot sun every day. Even though there were times when I wanted to quit; one such instance was when we were out performed by another school, other times it was becuase of the teacher being a little too hard on me when I first started. Despite setbacks such as these, I had an ardent attraction to marching band, mainly because in middle school I was a part of concert band, which made me love music. The biggest, reason why I chose to do marching band, aside from my enjoyment of music, was because towards the end of my eighth grade year my middle school band director told us about a huge opportunity that we had coming up to become a part of the high school across the street marching band. They were called the Titan Regiment. She told us the difference between concert and

To me, marching band was the most important activity I have participated in throughout my highschool career. The reason being part of the band is so important to me is because, for everyone who is in it, it more than just a school club. After four years of playing music, sharing experiences, and getting through high school with the same friends, these friends become family. The marching band to me is a second family, and to have this family is a feeling I cannot describe. Even though we all come from a different background and different lives, we all share the same uniting factor, which is the love to play music and not just that, but to share that love with everyone around them.

Marching band has always been a big part of my life. My most innocuous and cherished memories have revolved around my band. The whole experience felt ephemeral, but the time was well spent. Within my experience I have noticed something: band is not very well supported. Now why is this? This should not be the case. Band is an experience that has, and will, change many lives. Band is commonly known to improve school scores. Marching band in particular will also help young students become more responsible, and marching band also creates a safe space within the band community. And these reasons should be proof enough for more support, whether it be financial or just within the everyday community. Band, marching band in particular, helps improve

It started at the very beginning of August, before school started, and consisted of long practices that started with a vigorous workout before the sun had risen and ended in the afternoon with a music workshop with some of the best clinicians in the Houston area. Band means to come together as one so and that’s exactly what we did. For 8 hours a week for 3 months a year, about 200 people came together to draw out one 8 minute show of lines and squiggles accompanied by the brassy sounds of orchestral, marching, and jazz music. What many people don’t realize is marching band requires a lot of fitness and mental willpower to get through the long, hot practices that aren’t always the most enjoyable. Many times you just had to be patient and stand in one spot for 20 minutes while Risinger, our marching band director, fixed one specific part of the picture we’d sprawled out onto the football field. We took our shows to many different contests throughout my 4 years in marching band and every time we would walk off the field under the bright lights of the stadium, hearing the roar of applause, breathing heavy and dripping in sweat I knew what we’d just performed was something to be proud

Sophomore year of marching came. This year was a surprise for everyone. With our show being named ‘Masterminder.’ The band members marching were under control by the color guard soloist; the puppeteer. This show was pretty exciting, too. The judges also thought that. We made it past regionals AND semi-state. What? Yeah, we all thought the same thing. We had made it. We had FINALLY made it after so many years of just trying to get past regionals for once. It was a bitter-sweet feeling waiting for placement awards at Lucas Oil Stadium. The instructors went around to each band student one by one. The congratulated us on an amazing season. I started tearing up, but that isn’t surprising. As we marched our way out of Lucas Oil Stadium that night, I knew that this was only the beginning of a new generation for the Marching Marksmen.

I have never had quite the same opportunity to experience a wide variety of cultures, beliefs, and values as I have had in my band class. My first thought upon joining the high school band my freshman year was that I would be joining a small class of people that enjoyed playing music but what I received was much more. Here was a class of people from a large range of ages, of living conditions, of experience, all sitting together ready and willing to share their love of music with one another and it was stunning. One of the memories in this class that stuck out to me the most was the moment we met our band director, Mr. Brockman. He was a different teacher compared to the others I experienced before because he interacted with students in a very

I first joined the band in the fourth grade playing the drums. I played for about two weeks then I quit because I didn't like it, mostly because of the teacher. In the sixth grade we got a new music teacher and told me I look like a trumpet player, so I gave it a try. I was taking music lessons but after the first one my music teacher told me she had to leave because she

Previously in the year, it was typical for me just write what is on my mind at the time and later go back and organize it. This paper is a stupendous presentation of that obsolete format. It was common for me to leap from one paragraph to another without soundly blending my ideas into the narrative. Despite this, however, many outstanding developments appeared in this essay. This was the essay that helped me further develop my ability to write sensory details, which immediately shows itself in the introduction: “Lights blare down from above. To my left, I can see the crowd cheering as the previous band charges off the field, and we prepare our grand entrance” ( 1). I also highlighted the negative aspects of the band, such as leadership problems: “Aside from inexperienced and uncaring managers, some people are just wholly opposed to taking orders from their peers. This causes an avalanche of tension between them and their section. Arguments will typically break out as to who is right and who is wrong-- especially during marching season ( 3).” Each paragraph, despite flowing strangely, outlined a specific aspect of the band in increasingly detailed methods. One section describes the methods band members use to communicate with one another while another tells of its hierarchy. Overall, this paper, despite its shortcomings, laid the base for which I would later improve upon in following essays.