Marching to the State Fair

When summer hits everyone takes off on vacation, hangs out with friends, and just relaxes. For a couple of other students they only have two things on their mind — marching band and state fair.

“You really have to pour your heart into band.” Sophomore, Jessica Turner said. Several days before band camp marchers started hydrating and checking their instruments for problems. If one person was not prepared for the hot days of camp the whole band would suffer.

“Band camp is hard but it’s awesome!” junior Kathryn Welder said.

During the days of band camp the marchers went through series of drills. The marchers had to do basics twice every day, which consisted of learning music, learning dances and following their chars. Following the basics the marchers had to then go through the songs and make sure they had their articulations, rhythms and dynamics just right. Not only did the marchers have to work hard to keep things in order so did band director Stacey White.

“I had to call all of the band staff, call to make arrangements for food and most importantly the music.” White says.

When the five long 12 hour days came to a close, everyone was ready for the fair. At the end of the day show the band was in 12th place. Upon finishing the night show the band remained in 12th place but were not sad with the out come.

” I wasn’t disappointed. We got a standing ovation and you just can’t bottle the feeling of knowing you did the best you could,” Turner said.