Thursday, August 11, 2005

Writing? What Writing? I'm supposed to be writing?

I haven't written since Saturday or Sunday, on account of Marching Band Camp at Ashbrook High School. I sent one short email asking someone that emailed me who they were and where I know them from, and I have just enough time to check my normal favourite websites.
At band camp, all band students (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors) practice marching and many songs from 8 AM to 5 PM this week and from 8 AM to 12PM next week. This week is terribly hard. Let me walk you through it.
In the morning, it's 5-10 minutes of exercising, led by our band director, Cindy Owens, and our Drum Major, Kendra, who is a Junior. Kendra and Ms. Owens are fun and very cool and they do their jobs right, but they are strict. Anyway, then we march and learn pictures for songs until lunch at 12- that's FOUR hours of marching every day, and sometimes we go back out in the afternoon. Then, at 1, we play songs and things like that until 5. That is FOUR hours of playing instruments. I play flute so it is hard on me because we use so much more air than many other instruments. Moving on, we have the entire first song (Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen) memorized and the pictures memorized, and we are working on memorizing the second number (Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen) and learning the third and final song (Come Sail Away by Styx.) This year is a 70's theme. We are also learning tunes to play in the stands, accurately called Stand Tunes. There are about 10+ of those.
The music is very hard but I have been doing as well as many of the Juniors have because I have been practicing at home for about three hours a day. So this is my schedule:

6:30 AM Wake up
8:00 AM-5:00 PM Band Camp
5:30-9:00ish Practicing (with a break for dinner)

I find it fun but draining. I like most of the people there, they are all fun to be around. But there is one flaw.
I can't remember where I left off in my book! I can't remember any of it. That is very disappointing. I decided that I should post today so my readers don't think I died or something. Anyway, it is only 6:24 and I need to practice so I'll post again when I can.

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