PART 1 and 2: What I know and what I want to know? If standing in the sun for 12 hours, playing music, and sweating until nothing is left in your body seems enjoyable than DCI is your calling. My passion is music, but after high school there is nothing really left to do unless I were to make one of the top groups I am going to mention in this paper. Marching season is the most enjoyable activity any music lover could participate in; DCI is basically a professional marching band. People from the ages of 14 to 22 use the structure of your average high school marching band, perfect it and take it to the next level.
At the time I was not really sure because I was afraid of not making the team. So when I got to the tenth grade I decided to try out for the junior varsity basketball team. Making the basketball team was a big obstacle in my life that I had to overcome. Before tryouts began, the coach recommended I go to workouts to get in shape. Basketball workouts lasted about two weeks.
In fact, according to a study at the University of Missouri, they found that many students forgot over two and one-half months of whatever their grade-level equivalency is in mathematics. (Wilkenfield) Plus after the summer vacation, many teachers end up spending from four to six weeks of the next school year trying to review what had happened in the previous years, says David Payne, a former principal. Summer vacation is one of the only major times that parents are able to travel or take vacations, however, year-round schooling which allows small breaks throughout the seasons. Also, travel rates during the summer are usually higher than other times of the year. When students return to school after a summer break, there is often a long time period of adjustment.
EHS Bands Performances as of August 14th, 2012. Please visit the band calendar to stay current with the bands schedule. Anytime the band travels to a function busses will be provided for the trip. The band always travels together!) August 15th, 2012- Marching Band (Leadership and Drum line only), 9th grade orientation open house performance (6PM-715PM) August 24th, 2012- Marching Band, Raptor Rally (3:30 PM-6:30 PM), we wont be here the whole time September 7th, 2012- Marching Band, Football Game at Legacy Stadium (4:30 PM-10:30 PM, game at 7PM) September 28th, 2012- Marching Band, Football Game at Legacy Stadium (4:30 PM-10:30 PM, Game at 7PM) September 29th, 2012- Marching Band, Legacy Marching Competition at Legacy High
I really never thought about how much hard work was done in that room and on the field. I have met some amazing people throughout my 4 years in the program. Luis Rodriguez, you came into the program barely able to read music and I remember you always asking me what that note was when you sat next to me. You were the best in the marching band, you were the guy that came in with Drum Corps experience and you helped me out tremendously. You were the person that I looked up to and who I wanted to become and I really think I'm there now.
I think when it comes to breaks we can all agree we can all use a long weekend from time to time, lately with all the stresses in the world a frequent break may be need much more often than not! Currently, most school years start around the last week in August, although this date keeps getting earlier and earlier each year. Most students go to school for nine straight weeks, with a two week “winter break”. The students are back into it for a twelve week period followed with a week long “spring break”. Then the
Mine include spending an entire weekend with my computer on my lap working on that 24 page final paper for Mr. Hale's class, pausing only long enough to get another cup of coffee! We’ve all had the pleasure of waiting for hours in line to get into the bookstore on the first day of the new quarter, only to wait an hour or longer to get out of the bookstore and then pray that we make it to the first class of the day - on time! We have made lifelong friends, learned to be part of a community and had some crazy adventures. For you, some of those could have been all night study groups with too much food and way too much caffeine, those students involved in sports who had bus trips to away games or the field trips like mine to the Dayton Art Institute (for Art Appreciation) when a few students got lost or one whose car wouldn’t start afterwards. These adventures provided us with fun, stress, and new appreciation as lessons learned by life itself.
The bonds we create during the season last forever. Our friendships last a life time. We help each other and work hard, at the crack of dawn for 18 weeks just to put on a 10 minute show during half time at the Varsity Football team, but is not just about the show, its having the sense of you having a second family, a home away from home. Even though Marching band and music is my passion, I’m pursuing a future career in the medical
That Saturday night was the night that the marching band, MY marching band, won the biggest marching competition in Missouri. That band was my entire life and was the reason I went to school every day and felt like music helped me learn and retain information. It was actually a mutual feeling through the band. Music brought friendship and a sense of being to the members of the band. In retrospect, I would be nowhere I am today without the music classes I took in high school.
Personal Statement Mr. Reese Band Has Become a Part of Me AP English Language & Composition September 22nd 2014 Prompt: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there and why is it meaningful to you? Most people get nervous as a freshman in high school, especially during that big first day. The first day I walked into Miami Beach Senior High, the dream of joining the marching band became reality. It was surreal when I walked into the band room for the first time.