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You Don’t Know Anything about Hard Work
You think marching band isn’t hard? Think again. Growing up in Indiana, going to a small elementary school, I never really had much exposure to music whatsoever. When my sister finally started to play an instrument, I knew somehow I was going to be following those footsteps. And now here I am in the Lawrence Central High School Marching Band and am having a blast. When signing up for band rolled around, I began hearing the awful things that were said about it. Things like; according to Jacob Akers, being in marching band is like a cult, all you do is work, it’s like you’re in the army, marching band is for losers; and according to Greg Price and Tim Rohrbach, marching band isn’t even hard. I was shocked. Of course marching band was hard. I mean do they see what we do out there? I knew the truth. The people who were saying these things were not even in it nor play an instrument. They had no idea. I knew I was going to prove them wrong. Marching band is about working together to be great. Being champions. One thing I know for sure is that marching band is hard and deserves a lot more credit.
Other people in this room might say that no physical talent is necessary for a band member and that all you have to do is march and hold an instrument. Or that, since the band hasn't been taking hits for an hour or chasing after whichever football player happens to be holding an inflated portion of a pig's hide (also known as a football) at any particular moment, band is not hard. Well, let me tell you what we "band geeks" spend our time doing. On top of homework and classes that normal students have, band members must devote their time to memorizing entire pieces of music and the drill that goes with it. Let me tell you that this is unbelievably hard, which is why we get the music almost two months before the season starts. Yes, I know sports players have to practice too, and don't even get school...