Without Music, Life Would Bb - Post #243

Life's been pretty busy, hence the lack of posts. Sorry about that. Between band, chemistry, Tom, and friends, I find myself with less and less time to post. I'll work on that.

Band is awesome. We went to watch the Musical Arts Conference, a big marching band competition, and it was amazing. My favorite was a high school band who had a drumline in kilts and white shoes (the rest of the band had black shoes and normal uniforms) and were doing their show. Then their movement shifted about ten people in kilts who had previously been randomly scattered around the section to the front. They but down their instruments (a saxophone, a flute, a trombone...) and picked up bagpipes. The whole band stopped playing and were doing an awesome formation in the background while the drumline and bagpipes did their piece. It was brilliant.

UConn played too, and they were amazing. Their band is GIGANTIC! I want to be in a college band so badly! I really hope I get to. I can't even imagine...

So that was a fun trip. Rachel and Tom and so much music merchandise, I spent a good five minutes wishing I was rich. I got a music charm bracelet and a button that says Treble Maker (Rachel's said Musicians Duet Better). It was great. Freezing? Very. But definitely great.

Marching band is going well, but we only have two practices until Thanksgiving, and we still haven't run the whole show!! We finished Part Three with music finally, and we (we = the snares) did amazingly. As soon and Tyler remembers he's on the hash for the last set, we'll be perfect. I adore my section. I don't know what I'd do if I didn't. It makes band so much better.

We started getting our Christmas music for concert band, which is good. I missed my oboe. It's fun...when I play. Darn oboe gets so much rest! That's what happens when you play such a...umm..."unique" instrument.

And finally...I joined jazz band! Or, more correctly, I'm attempting to join jazz band. Whether or not Mr. Duffy will let me stay is yet to be seen. The style of music is so different, and I've only been playing the instrument for about two months, so it's quite a challenge and I'm not sure if I can pull it off, but it's worth a shot. I love having so much music to practice.

And there's a lot of people I like in jazz band. Tom's there, obviously, which instantly makes it amazing, but then there's CJ and Tyler (my marching section), Jerry (the freshman clarinet who's learning to play the baritone saxaphone, and it's almost as big as he is), Dan Cameron is way nicer than I thought he was (he got me all my music), Adam (he's just always nice, and amazing to watch play piano), and Andy (who is just Andy, and thus helpful). I really want to do this. It seems so awesome.

Tom won a marchoff! it was only maybe the third one this year, and he won, and I was very happy. It's his last year and I don't think he's ever won one before, and he won, and I was happy, and Tim and Tyler started dancing.

Without music, life would most definitely Bb.

--Iona