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Let me just start by saying that the Ohio trip was amazing! It was about 45 degrees and rainy with a wind chill factor of (what felt like) 30 degrees, but it was well worth it! The Pride got into finals, and then placed 8th! I'm a newbie at marching, and can't possibly understand or appreciate the amount of work and effort the band put into our performance to get it to that level, but I do know that if I was excited enough to jump around and scream and laugh so much I had a tear escaping my left eye, then the whole thing must have been immensely, excruciatingly, spectacularly exciting for the upperclassmen. They had been waiting a long time for Saturday I'm sure. I was going to explain exactly what happened, but it truly was a moment that you just had to be there to comprehend the ecstatic feelings it put out.
On the OTHER end of the spectrum, I lost my glasses on Thursday night (I left them in the bathroom after changing for practice), so I couldn't really see anything all weekend, and I won't be able to see anything at school until I get either contacts or replacement glasses. Woohoo. And I haven't even had them a year yet!! I loved those glasses, darn it!
All in all, this has been a pretty exciting weekend for the band and the band staff/parents/chaperones/color guard! I'll be posting pics on facebook soon!

BoA

Alright, so by now, most people know that our marching band is going to Ohio for the Bands of America competition this weekend. That means 16-18 hours of time on a charter bus, 2 nights packed into a 4-people-per-rooms Holiday Inn, and of course, plenty of nervous stomach aches. Needless to say, this is sure to be one of the coolest experiences of me and my fellow freshmens' young lives. Okay, maybe going to Ohio for the weekend isn't so exciting, but it's being with our band peers for an entire weekend and being away from our parents that makes this trip so anticipated. That, and the fact that this is the rookies' first badn trip/competition. Ever. Wish us luck!!!