Day One: Freshmen Arrive

Hello and welcome to the first post in this glorious blog.
My main point is for you, the participants of the Sylvan Hills High School Band, to have a place to check up on our current musical events.

Now, on to the first day. Today is July 23, 2008, and the start of our new marching season. Seeing the Freshmen coming in enthused immediately made the Drill Captains jobs much easier. When you are in a good mood, it spreads like wildfire. This is a key element in our success.
Without a good attitude we are nothing but a bunch moping lazy butts. Yeah, that's right. It's possible to be a moping lazy butt. It's up to you to stop it.

On to today's performance, which was good all things considered. The Freshmen were guided with the help of our Drum Major and various Drill Captains/Officers. We went over Line Dressing, snapping into attention, and snapping back into parade rest. Most of the Freshmen did amazing, but a few lagged behind. But don't get discouraged though! Tomorrow's another chance to improve, and there is always room for improvement.


Don't forget! Tomorrow we will be practicing being called to attention with our INSTRUMENTS. You know what that means? You have to bring your instrument. Yes.

You also need to wear good, durable, athletic shoes. As you were told today, flip-flops and Crocs are no good!

And it's time for the random instrument fact of the day!
This one is for the Clarinet family:

Did you know that there are over 8 types of clarinets?
Not to mention 2 new experimental clarinet's not yet accepted by any orchestra.
So Clarinetists reading this, just remember when you're playing your instrument that it belongs to a large family of similar instruments.