this football game was an away game at oak ridge. the bus ride was fun because we played band shoes and then slaps. we sang along to a couple of songs until Mrs. Lewis came and repremended us for interrupting a conversation. she pretty much told us if she heard us again that we would have a silent bus.
it was different not being the home team and not knowing where to go, but i had a good time. we mingled a little with the oak ridge band and i got to know a couple of band members better. both oak ridge and we performed our half time shows but i did not have the pleasure of seeing it very well. i didnt drop my flag and was in the right spot all of the time. we learned some new work this past week and i was a little late on some of the work, but not all of it. farragut beat oak ridge 32-7.
the bus ride back was quieter, but we still got yelled at for being very loud: the guys were playing various versions of the game slaps. some of the many hand positions were facing up and down, facing sideways, two fingers agianst the inside of your wrist right on top of the vein, and 6 inches away from your bicep. all versions were quite painful and made your palms red and stinging. it was 11:30 before i crawled into bed last night and i was exhausted too.
August 29, 2009
FARRAGUT FOOTBALL IS FINALLY HERE!
its football time in FARRAGUT! woo hoo! our first football game was last week and it was a lot of fun! we, the band, had to be at the high school an hour and a half before kick off. in that hour and a half, the band performed the show standing still in the Garden (a special memorial garden for a student that passed away in a car accident), marched down to the field, and polished all brass instruments. its rather interesting when you walk into the band room after the brass has been polished; it smells funky, and the corner by the closet has a dusty haze to it. but we have good times in that room. the guard had time to set a couple of flag situations straight and continue a couple of traditions: a promise, a prayer, a couple of warm-ups, and a home game tradition: boom chicka boom. good times, good times. then because we are the home team, we had the honor of playing the National Anthem, and performing the huge "F" that the football players run through. we played a couple of stand tunes during the first and fourth quarter. some of my favorites are: the dance of 1000 waters ("...why are you so blue? is it because your number 2? because we're number 1! woo!); everybody dance now; go, fight, win; and another one that i cant remember the name. the guard and majorettes have a dance to each of the stand tunes that the band will play and they all are hilarious. during half time, we performed our show. it was a lot of fun and i remembered all of my spots and work. DB didn't bring a marching band, just a prep band. their band program is HUGE (easily over 500 students total) and their pep band was as big as our marching band. farragut ended up winning against dobyn-bennett high school 29-7.
August 13, 2009
not the s-c-h-o-o-l word again!
the summer is finally coming to an end and it didn't help knowing that i just had a back to school party last night. we watched the pink panther 2, it wasn't as good as the first one, but it was still funny. once we finished with the movie we played the lap game and would you rather. after one of the girls got asked a rather "personal question" (would you rather kiss said boy or another said boy?), we were all shocked by her answer, so the game fell into more of a gossip time... my favorite! jk! we had a lot of fun, and my parents said we could have one every month as long as we kept our grades up and we weren't interfering with any of their plans. we have fun with our little get-together/gossip times. we had to make a rule not to use phones unless they were for contacting your parents. if you were caught, your inbox was to be read by everyone. a very useful rule that we really didn't enforce too well.
back to school means back to sitting in a desk and using lockers, and back to hearing about other people's boyfriend/girl friend drama. not always the most uplifting things. but I'm kind of known as the therapist for that kind of stuff and i am better at it than some other alternatives. I'll be attending the local high school and i really can't wait. i enjoy color guard and the band's half time show looks good for only worked 56 hours on it. my first football game is a week from tomorrow and I'm kind of nervous. i know the routines, just not up to the extreme tempo.
school starts in 4 days and i haven't finished reading my summer reading books and i don't have any school supplies ready. i feel so unprepared. freshman orientation is tomorrow, so hopefully I'll feel more prepared after that.
back to school means back to sitting in a desk and using lockers, and back to hearing about other people's boyfriend/girl friend drama. not always the most uplifting things. but I'm kind of known as the therapist for that kind of stuff and i am better at it than some other alternatives. I'll be attending the local high school and i really can't wait. i enjoy color guard and the band's half time show looks good for only worked 56 hours on it. my first football game is a week from tomorrow and I'm kind of nervous. i know the routines, just not up to the extreme tempo.
school starts in 4 days and i haven't finished reading my summer reading books and i don't have any school supplies ready. i feel so unprepared. freshman orientation is tomorrow, so hopefully I'll feel more prepared after that.
August 7, 2009
band camp! :(
band camp is officially the worst part of summer. apart from the great tan i have (minus the sock tan), it was brutal. i now have a bunch more upperclassmen friends and have a greater understanding of the advice "never eat dairy before going out and spending all day outside in the sun". (believe you me, it is not a good idea to eat dairy and then spend 6 hours outside in the 97 degree heat. you WILL see that meal again.) i had fun and have learned a lot. i hopefully won't forget that all at the performance in less than 2 hours. eek! but i can sort of breathe, its for the parents only and its in the junior parking lot, not the football stadium.
mr. rogers decided to allow us to have a dance last night. we danced nonstop for three hours right in front of the DJ, aka the speaker. when i got home and laid in bed, i heard a distinct ringing in my ears and could hardly hear my own normal voice. sad, i know. but that is what happens when you are having so much fun dancing right up front with the speakers.
i now have a golden tan with the exception of my feet, and look like i went to the beach for two weeks this summer (which is a total lie... sshh). next week is the only other down week before summer ends and school begins *tear*. that also means that i have 7 days to finish the rest of Lord of the Flies and the entire book of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Fun and Lively Guide to Reading In Between the Lines. ugh!
mr. rogers decided to allow us to have a dance last night. we danced nonstop for three hours right in front of the DJ, aka the speaker. when i got home and laid in bed, i heard a distinct ringing in my ears and could hardly hear my own normal voice. sad, i know. but that is what happens when you are having so much fun dancing right up front with the speakers.
i now have a golden tan with the exception of my feet, and look like i went to the beach for two weeks this summer (which is a total lie... sshh). next week is the only other down week before summer ends and school begins *tear*. that also means that i have 7 days to finish the rest of Lord of the Flies and the entire book of How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Fun and Lively Guide to Reading In Between the Lines. ugh!
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