Band Camp

These last Two and a half days (Thursday & Friday 8-8 and today [Saturday] 8-12) have been band camp. The most freaking awesome stuff ever. Band is so freaking fun, and I'm so glad Geoff led me into marching band, and got me to learn how to play Tenor Saxamophone (Saxophone to all you stupid people...) [Yeah, I did kinda teach myself how to play Tenor...] and now that I can play and such, Band is even more epic.

Thursday, first half of the day, we did marching stuff,and, we were kinda crappy :P... next half we got our first thing of music, Mr. Roboto (Yeah, we're doing a Styx show this year :D) and, we played that for awhile, and within 3-4 hours (? I'm not sure) most of us had most of the music memorize :D Then, after tracking and such (playing and marching for ignorant and stupid people) we played capture the flag. It was awesome. We played three games (WARNING: I'm not going to try to brag at all, but, if it passes off as that, I am deeply sorry about that, so, I plead for forgiveness now) and my team one all three games. Cody (one of our drum majors) one the first game for us, and he ran the whole field and got the flag, ran back, and it was epic. Next to games... I kinda got the flag, but, only half way. So, someone had gotten the flag half way down the field, but, had gotten tagged, so, I brought it back. The second game (first one I won) I crossed the line as our flag was being carried by the other team (they where about half way to the line when I crossed) so, it was a REALLY close game. Luckily, I had some drumline kids that guarded me per-say and took the tagging for me, so, I made it to the other side. I was sore after that. Next game, I was planning on just guarding, and that I did, for awhile, but, we had like three or four people on our side, when the other team had pretty much their whole team. They got our flag within 5-10 feet of their line, but, they where too scared I guess to go and get the flag, why? I don't know. I ran to the other teams jail (originally headed for the flag, and narrowly escaped Andrew [brass instructor, guarder of other teams flag, and got many people out] and decided to get someone to get a free walk back) so, I walked back, slowly, cause I was tired. I got to my side, and resumed the defense, and yeah. Then, me and Cody some how took off at the same time, so, I was gonna let him go, but, I saw he was going for the jail, and so was some one else, so, I look back and see people going for my teams flag, and so, I was gonna go back to help, but, they where chased off, so, I looked back at the flag, nobody, and I mean NOBODY (the guarders of the flag had taken off after the people going for the jail) so, I booked it to the flag, grabbed it, and booked it towards my line. Someone on drumline noticed me as a neared the line, and they shouted something to the effect of "Guys look-out!" but, I guess it was too late or something, cause nobody reacted, I passed the line, and the game was over, the results surprising me, because of the shortage of my team. The game was then preceded by people hugging/tackling me (because I couldn't hold myself up) and Eva (Color guard instructor, who was on my team) ran up to me (was in jail at the other side at the end of the game) [I was lying on my back in the dirt, to tired to get up haha] and said something like this "I would hug you right now but that would be very inappropriate." (I was secretly happy because I had been hugged like twice or three times, but, I was so sore, the hugs hurt.) So, that was capture the flag which was awesome. But, I think the only reason the other team didn't win was because Jordan Bills was kinda puppy-guarding (well, basically standing right on the flag). So, yeah.

Friday, marching that morning was better. That afternoon music was better, and we tracked, and we got rained out. It poured. The band/drumline played in an arc in the track tunnel area, and the color guard ran inside at the biggest burst of rain. Then, it stopped raining, and we started tracking again, but went inside when we saw lightning fairly close. So, inside, we cleared out the band room, and played train wreck, buddy style I guess. That was fun, a lot of fun. Then, we emptied out the band room (basically) so the janitors could make it all nice and pretty.

Saturday (today) we marched for most of the morning, and from what I hear, it was amazing. Then, we tracked, and we did pretty good. Then, the instructors had us sing our parts to the color guard as they practiced (with our backs to them) and as we where singing, they proceeded to throw (normal) balloons filled with water at us. Some popped, but, others didn't. We didn't break set, then, Cody told us to get them, so, we did. They had us start throwing at guard too, but, that didn't work (normal ballons don't work so well) and, then, as we came and talked, Eva dumped a bucket of water on the Color Guard, and I happened to be next to a few :P and got pretty wet. (:P was for the water getting on my due to my proximity to the guard, not because I don't like the guard), but, it felt kinda nice, and dried quickly.

So, that was my time at bandcamp.

So....

FIZIKS!!!!!!!!!/PHYSICS!!!!!!!

and KILL THE BEAST!