HOLY CRAP! IT'S HOT!

Title pretty much sums up today's experience.
IT WAS A SCORCHER! I could literally feel my pale white skin becoming the hue of a lobster.

But that's not the only thing that was important about today! Of course, as a band member, now that today was our first 'full band' drill down. It was intense.
I mean seriously.
Of course, I was sent to stand at attention for the stupidest thing possible. I don't think the call was stupid, but it was a stupid thing to do on my part. I laughed.
It just goes to show that you have to put on your A GAME for drill downs. You represent your section in a drill down. You make your whole section look good if you are the last marcher standing. It will surely leave a smirk on your Drill Captains face too. I failed, Cassie didn't though. Cassie and Mary duked it out in an all out drill command battle.

Cassie came out victorious though.


CRITICISM IS EMINENT! IN 3, 2, 1...

Talking. Talking. Unterhaltung (German). 話すこと (Japanese). говорить (Russian).

Doesn't matter what language I say it in, it's a problem.
I've said it since the first entry in this blog, no talking while an authoritative figure is speaking, or is about to start or finish speaking.

Mr. Bailey introduced an new concept today:
RESPECT FOR THE PODIUM!

Not so much the physical podium itself, for it is an inanimate object, but the power it represents. Every great leader has used a podium at one point or another.
They demanded respect from their followers, and so does Mr. Bailey and Luke.

So what does this mean? R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
(you're lucky I'm not there to actually sing it for you)


We also practiced our flanks as a whole band. Something that was new for the upperclassemen also. It's a level playing field.

YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE MARCHING FUNDEMENTALS AT HOME.
THE SAME GOES FOR YOU MUSIC!

ARE YOU PRACTICING? CHOOSE ANSWER NOW:

A)Yes, I had almost finished memorizing Part 2 of our marching music, that was, until you inturepted me Mr. Queen.

or

B)No, I am wasting my time still reading this post. I don't plan to do anything really productive today. brb pwning n00bz in halo3.

What did you pick?



RANDOM MUSICAL FACT OF THE DAY!:


The Ocarina is an ancient wind insturment dating back almost 12,000 years.
In the Chinese culture the ocarina, though in a different form, has played a very important role.
It is just as important in other Asian cultures, though. In Korea, Japan and Taiwan an annual Ocarina festival in its honor.

There is an actual mathematical formula to find it's frequency:


Where v is the speed of sound, A is the total uncovered area and V is the enclosed volume.


and hey Bobby.