Go Wind Ensemble!

I would like to dedicate this blog to my fellow bandees. Not those losers who quit after first semester, but the ones who are in it to the end. Also, a special shout out to the elitists (wind ensemble), who are obviously the best. And, to prove our special talent, we are going to district contest on Friday. What is this band contest? Well I don't really know. All I know is that we get to skip half of the school day on Friday, get on a bus for about 45 minutes, arrive at a random school, play three prepared pieces, do a sight-reading piece, get scores, and come home. On each of the pieces of music we play, the judges can give us a score ranging from one to five; one being the best and five being the worst.  If your score comes to average one, that means you move on to state contest. Obviously, the contest seems a bit confusing, because most people think that being state champions mea

ns we "beat" all other bands.  But for band contest, multiple bands can get ones and numerous bands can be state champions at the same time.  If you did not know, we are currently state champions because we received all ones at state last year. You would think this kind of award would take a lot of talent, effort, and time,  but sadly, very few members of our band practice outside of the class period.  I mean I still cannot play some parts of the songs that we are playing on Friday (shhhh). Nevertheless, somehow we end up playing well and sounding pretty good. So, if you are looking for some entertainment on Friday, come to our state contest! It's the cool thing to do on Friday nights...we play at 4:35. Be there. Oh and band party at my house if we get ones and go to states! Oh one more.... it's a complaint....we are state champions and get a congrats on the sign board (see picture)... football goes to states and doesn't win and gets multiple assemblies and the whole school misses a day of school. Granted they may have worked very hard, but it's not our fault we are naturally awesome at band. Just saying...