School band

first day of school I hear a strange noise escaping one of the rooms. Although it sounds like a jumbled mess of instruments I am intrigued, it is the band room and I know I’ll be entering there soon. What I was not aware of is how deeply being a part of high school band would shape me as a person. Looking back on that time is almost surreal considering that I know have been in band up to senior year, have been a section leader, and learning more instruments than one. Being a part of band has shown me

The band is in the stadium. The announcer calls “Upperman High School” jarring each ear with anxiety. The band is called to attention in preparation for the score call. The band stands at attention with each drop of sweat intensifying the setting. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The members of the band spend weeks or even months of preparation for this moment. The key to their preparation is their band area where they utilize the band room, the practice field, and the trophies. What they do in this band

I play the French horn in my high school band. Our band is small—only 25-30 members—but we are a family. Each class I see the determination on each person’s face to do well because there’s the constant pressure of letting the rest of the band down. Because we are so small, each person has to play to the absolute best of their abilities; each individual person needs to be a strong player in order for our band to sound good. I’ve played in larger bands on several occasions and I was shocked to see

haven for many people; I myself feel most at home when surrounded by music. The best place for me to have this safety, security and acceptance is in the high school band room. For most, it is just a room filled with instruments and kids who don’t want to go to gym; but the memories and friends made there are what make that room so special. The band room during class or a performance day is almost always full of noise and activity. People are playing instruments, whether they are practicing difficult

community is the Bartlett High School Band. The band has a set of goals that we set up at the beginning of the year during leadership. I have been a part of this discourse community for three years. I was a part of a similar discourse community for one year, which was the Bolton High School Band. The Bartlett Band is a discourse community that has multiple methods of communication, a set of common goals, and a lexis. My discourse community, the Bartlett High School Band, has several ways of communicating

On Tuesday February 8th, thirteen high school band members represented our school at the Trailways South Conference Honors Band. It was held at Edgerton Performing Arts Center. The students who participated were Brett Miller, Josh Kupsche, Sierra Wirth, Chris Yezzi, Madison Graf, Tori Nizzi, Madeline Wenzel, Megan Karczewski, Noah Argus, Katie Woodward, Allison Reichert, Summer Manzke, and Arianna Wichman. The students rehearsed all day as a full band with Rick Kirby and performed later that night

High-school band is the greatest thing to ever happen to me, but I almost didn’t do it. One day in middle school band class the high school band director, Mr. Perkins, was with us to talk about band in high school. He talked about how marching band was a great experience, and that we should not only sign up for marching band, but take a band class during the school year. I really liked Mr. Perkins, but I for whatever reason convinced myself beforehand that I wasn’t going to do marching band. I can’t

thought that high school band would be easy, but apparently it’s not. We, Brawley’s high school band, put so much work and effort in everything that we do that it takes up so much of our time and stresses us out. We make sure that our show and the way we sound will please the audience. Everyday we work hard, learning new things, with our only breaks during the weekend, but in the end it’s worth it because our audience loves us and we usually win competitions. In high school band, we learn discipline

Have you ever been to a band concert and gotten a shirt and excited to show your friends at school? Well, a student named Ben wore a rock band t-shirt to school. He got in trouble and was suspended by the principal for wearing his favorite band’s t-shirt. The rule is that no band t-shirts are allowed on school grounds. You also can’t wear clothes that disrupts classes and cause violence or threats between classes. Ben did not really break the school rule. The band t-shirts do not disrupt the learning

Ethan Cornett Mrs. Rodgers English 5 12-14-17 The band classes this year are really good. We have been practicing really hard music so we will be ready for the high school band. The first year you take an instrument test to find out what instrument you will play. After you find out what instrument you are going to play you have to go home and practice a lot. The second year of band is when you really start to get better at playing hard music. You start to have bigger concerts and field trips to