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We had a competition in Central Regional yesterday. We got first place. We also got best marching, best percussion, best colorguard, and best music. That would be pretty amazing- if we weren't the only Group II band there. The ride took about an hour and 15 minutes exactly to get there. There was something odd about the ride though. Usually, the kids all sleep on the way home, but today they all slept on the way TO. Can't measure how stupid that can be, especially when it's so cold outside and you have to wake up to it. I'm pretty sure Ian and I were the only ones not sleeping from the fifth seat back.
Well, our show sucked; but we learned something new... upsetting but true (no rhyme intended). Ends up the rule from last year about our scores not being able to go down doesn't exist anymore! We went from 82 point something last week to having only an 81 point something this week. But I can't really blame it that much- I know for a fact I messed up plenty.
I was talking to Susan and Maggie in the stands as the awards were being given. Can you believe there was this one band who only got a 71 point something?! This late in the season!? Halloween is the State Championships! There were five people standing for them to accept awards (they got a few amazingly, but they might've been like us and been the only one in their group). Susan commented on this one girl with them who was in a red dress- I think she was the colorguard captain. She kept looking around and jumping and stuff. We both swore she had ADHD. Yet if she's one of those chosen to represent their band and she acts like that during awards, maybe I'm not so surprised they only got a 71. Really, if one of our Drum Majors acted like that, I'd be embarressed.
So it was really quite the pointless show. But what makes it feel more worth it (to me) is the thought of what it would've been if it wasn't a competition- a mini-band camp >_< . Sure, it would've been from 9-3, which is less time than we were there- but there wouldn't've been a long bus ride ^.~ . On the way home we stopped at a rest area (forget the name, but since it was south it was obviously not Cheesequake) around 11:00-11:30. A lot of people got food, but since only Burger King was open I passed (had crackers on the bus anyway). I gave Rebecca some of money to buy me an Icee (I didn't wanna wait on that long line). Haha, Nicole R and Wormtail called me insane. Kind of ironic because they were very tempted by an ice cream machine nearby themselves o_0 . Somethings we were all tempted though (but me first ^_^) were those bouncy ball machines, for which it was 50 cents per ball. As Nicole and Wormtail ate, I got change for my dollar and bought two. I was playing with them while they were eating. Eventually they couldn't resist either and both got two ^.~ . We got up again and, soon enough, I had three... then four... ((I got the quarters from Wormtail in exchange for bills)) Nicole then had five! But I was happy with mine ^_^ . I had three of the same ball though (well, they were all slightly different), but both of them traded a different ball with me in exchange for one of the three. So now I have four different ones while they each have one like mine. Hehe, I don't blame them. It was the sexiest ball (aside from that purple one in the machine that none of us got =( ).
The bus ride home was pretty uneventful. Ian slept this time while almost everyone else was awake. Chris and Liz were singing, as usual. I had to hold my headphones on me tight to keep them and their crappy disney songs out of my head (Out with the bad music... in with the good >_<). The only reason Ian was able to sleep was because he had his music on as well... but he had a three-seater.. wtf. (I can go into a long explaination of this... but I don't want to right now.) I can never sleep on the band bus... or when with the band at all. Dunno, it's screwy. I wasn't able to sleep on the bus last year, and I guess I can't this year as well. No matter, not a problem to me (except hearing that SINGING!).
Mmmm.... I'm so unfulfilled right now. Have no clue why. It's like I forgot to do something, or I'm missing something, or I need to talk to someone. But I don't know what it is. There're A LOT of things I need to do... But I just can't get them all done right now.
Got a letter from my sister Mary the other day. It was quite dismal... and very short =( . Maybe I'm upset about that. Maybe I want to read a book. I think I want to write. Maybe I want to write back. I don't know. Maybe I'll go do all three right now while juggling flaming tricycles on a high wire. Cya.
~Kate
Ps. My mom got stuff for my costume today (for the football game this friday- the whole band's dressing up). Since Maggie's not gonna be coming I guess I'm Cat Woman. Whoopie and cheer- I'm so thrilled.
We had a competition in Central Regional yesterday. We got first place. We also got best marching, best percussion, best colorguard, and best music. That would be pretty amazing- if we weren't the only Group II band there. The ride took about an hour and 15 minutes exactly to get there. There was something odd about the ride though. Usually, the kids all sleep on the way home, but today they all slept on the way TO. Can't measure how stupid that can be, especially when it's so cold outside and you have to wake up to it. I'm pretty sure Ian and I were the only ones not sleeping from the fifth seat back.
Well, our show sucked; but we learned something new... upsetting but true (no rhyme intended). Ends up the rule from last year about our scores not being able to go down doesn't exist anymore! We went from 82 point something last week to having only an 81 point something this week. But I can't really blame it that much- I know for a fact I messed up plenty.
I was talking to Susan and Maggie in the stands as the awards were being given. Can you believe there was this one band who only got a 71 point something?! This late in the season!? Halloween is the State Championships! There were five people standing for them to accept awards (they got a few amazingly, but they might've been like us and been the only one in their group). Susan commented on this one girl with them who was in a red dress- I think she was the colorguard captain. She kept looking around and jumping and stuff. We both swore she had ADHD. Yet if she's one of those chosen to represent their band and she acts like that during awards, maybe I'm not so surprised they only got a 71. Really, if one of our Drum Majors acted like that, I'd be embarressed.
So it was really quite the pointless show. But what makes it feel more worth it (to me) is the thought of what it would've been if it wasn't a competition- a mini-band camp >_< . Sure, it would've been from 9-3, which is less time than we were there- but there wouldn't've been a long bus ride ^.~ . On the way home we stopped at a rest area (forget the name, but since it was south it was obviously not Cheesequake) around 11:00-11:30. A lot of people got food, but since only Burger King was open I passed (had crackers on the bus anyway). I gave Rebecca some of money to buy me an Icee (I didn't wanna wait on that long line). Haha, Nicole R and Wormtail called me insane. Kind of ironic because they were very tempted by an ice cream machine nearby themselves o_0 . Somethings we were all tempted though (but me first ^_^) were those bouncy ball machines, for which it was 50 cents per ball. As Nicole and Wormtail ate, I got change for my dollar and bought two. I was playing with them while they were eating. Eventually they couldn't resist either and both got two ^.~ . We got up again and, soon enough, I had three... then four... ((I got the quarters from Wormtail in exchange for bills)) Nicole then had five! But I was happy with mine ^_^ . I had three of the same ball though (well, they were all slightly different), but both of them traded a different ball with me in exchange for one of the three. So now I have four different ones while they each have one like mine. Hehe, I don't blame them. It was the sexiest ball (aside from that purple one in the machine that none of us got =( ).
The bus ride home was pretty uneventful. Ian slept this time while almost everyone else was awake. Chris and Liz were singing, as usual. I had to hold my headphones on me tight to keep them and their crappy disney songs out of my head (Out with the bad music... in with the good >_<). The only reason Ian was able to sleep was because he had his music on as well... but he had a three-seater.. wtf. (I can go into a long explaination of this... but I don't want to right now.) I can never sleep on the band bus... or when with the band at all. Dunno, it's screwy. I wasn't able to sleep on the bus last year, and I guess I can't this year as well. No matter, not a problem to me (except hearing that SINGING!).
Mmmm.... I'm so unfulfilled right now. Have no clue why. It's like I forgot to do something, or I'm missing something, or I need to talk to someone. But I don't know what it is. There're A LOT of things I need to do... But I just can't get them all done right now.
Got a letter from my sister Mary the other day. It was quite dismal... and very short =( . Maybe I'm upset about that. Maybe I want to read a book. I think I want to write. Maybe I want to write back. I don't know. Maybe I'll go do all three right now while juggling flaming tricycles on a high wire. Cya.
~Kate
Ps. My mom got stuff for my costume today (for the football game this friday- the whole band's dressing up). Since Maggie's not gonna be coming I guess I'm Cat Woman. Whoopie and cheer- I'm so thrilled.