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Things here are good. I’ll start with that. We had a “full” rehearsal day today, but the drumline and colorguard had a gig in the city (performing a show I am not a part of) so I essentially had the afternoon off. I still tagged along to be the cheering section. After we got back, ate, and had church, we went straight into full ensemble. Just to explain a little bit, we can rehearse in about three different ways. Just bass drums, just drumline, or everybody all together. Sundays are a good chance to get all three. During our 2 hour night rehearsals, we usually do about 45 minutes of just bass drums and about an hour of full ensemble. Since our drill designer from America has been here this week, we spend most of our time in full ensemble cleaning our drill sets. The funny thing about marching band is how one thing can have such a strong influence in another. For example, we essentially have two responsibilities as performers. Our drill (moving around) and our music. This week has been focused primarily on drill cleaning. Now that the band is marching better, we are sounding better. The best way to explain this is the better we march, the better we play and vis versa. If we are very confident in one area, it will carry over into the next. So long story short (now that I have bothered you with the long) we are marching cleaner and as a result, we are sounding better. Hooray!
Tomorrow is a free day so I’m sure they have something planned for us. This could mean yard work or it could mean a trip into the city. With this bunch, you never know! Either way, I’m sure we’ll only get ten minutes notice before we have to be on the bus. That always seems to be the way of it.
Check back tomorrow to see how it turns it!
-C
