As An Alternative To 'sugar, Spice, And Everything Nice'

Nice!!

Leaving for the first competition!! I think we're gonna get 3rd 🤙

I love thieving

I love theivering from my drum techs

You learn how they tick so then you can press buttons like how we bully our band director about the hole he put in the ceiling while tossing cup mutes to the trumpets shortly after we were back in the new room after the school got remodeled. We just point up at the hole every time he tosses something in class and he says he’s planning on getting on a ladder to use white marker or something since he thinks it’s a smudge or something while we’re all pretty sure it’s an actual hole.

the thing nobody here really talks about is how easily students can read their director, particularly if the director is considered good.

Because band students spend so long trying to learn all the visual cues during a concert that every single quirk and oddity of the director gets filed away for later use.

Half of rehearsal time is spent privately figuring out that a raised eyebrow in a certain direction means that the band is slowing down unintentionally, or figuring out that wide eyes means someone done fucked up.

Taking this out of rehearsal means that you eventually learn that an eyebrow twitch means the director is getting annoyed by another person and needs leadership to come up with a problem to save him. A half smile means “good job”, but a half smile plus a raised eyebrow means “hah I’m teasing you about this for the rest of your life here”.

Idk something about how every ensemble, no matter how big, will always know what their doctor is feeling with a quick glance At least, if the director is good

It’s probably a mix of having practiced it a million times before, the anonymity of being in a large group of people who are all wearing the same thing, and knowing that your fellow band people have your back.

Idk what it is about marching band that takes away my anxiety. Like, I’ll be terrified to do anything in front of any amount of people. But halftime shows? Concerts? Why does my anxiety not mind them but then make me too nervous to read in class???

You can only post this once a year

i love it when a fandom agrees on one particular portmanteau ship name and you can tell it’s because the alternatives are all atrocious. like i don’t know anything about glee but even i know that they only call it “klaine” because no one would be able to take it seriously if it was “blurt”

Congrats on second place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you see bestie at a band competition

@clarinetmushroom

Also puppies

Cat- Hermes

Black dog- Valentine (as a puppy she had a heart spot)

Brown dog- Pumpkin

Fine.

@helenalikeschickens

Oh yeah people care about football we won 50 something to 6

Our first football game was an away game and the stand were far too small for us and I realized that the reason was that the school was expecting a marching band that was a similar size to them which looked like 30-40 people.

We have over 70 people.

Yeah spring is great and pretty but I’m coughing and sneezing every third word I say so it’s a bit of a toss up for me.

Wildflower season is here!!

I love spring 🥰