Drum Corps Update

I FOUND MYSELF IN A BLUECOATS VIDEO!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uKIpVAl7Aak#!


I'm at 2:39...the one in the neon shirt playing the mellophone WHO IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE FRAME AT THAT SECOND! Woooooooooooooooooo!!!

Speaking of drum corps, Reading Buccaneers is now and forever in full speed ahead practice mode! Practices every Friday night, all day Saturday, and most of the day Sunday for the rest of the summer. I'm PUMPED! We had Spring Preview this past Saturday (ON MY BIRTHDAY!) and it was fantastic. We practiced all day outside in the rain, got to the high school, ate dinner, showered, put on our uniforms, did a warm up, and then went and blew the socks off of everyone! Or, as Paul (our brass caption head) would say: "Mellophones, I want this part to sound like SATAN'S PANTIES." No joke. When he wants us to play like crazy, he looks at us and says, "SP."

It was fantastic playing for a huge audience. AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS FANTASTIC?? I have a dance duet with another mellophone in Part 3 of the show! We were learning drill and Chris and I were a couple yardlines away from the rest of the mellophone section and we were super confused...but then we found out we were picked to do a dance together! A dance that includes a LIFT. As in I will be off the ground completely depending on Chris' brute strength to keep me alive. It will be interesting...BUT I'M SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE A SPECIAL PART IN THE SHOW!!!!!!!

I have decided that drum corps is one of the best things to ever happen to me. It is also the most difficult thing I've ever done in my life...by far. But it is so worth it. :)

Me in the Bucs uniform at Spring Preview!