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Ironically, this happened to my band last night, courtesy of Arizona weather(or lack of.)

It was about a hundred and hell degrees all day, but it started getting cloudy about an hour before rehearsal. We get onto the field(prepared, so without instruments because here you learn to expect the unexpected weather-wise, but be ready for it not to happen) Well, we start doing PT, and then line up for step-size studies in a block, and sure enough,, it starts to rain. And it continued to rain until we met to dismiss. It was actually kind of fun, and it will likely make or band stronger in the logn run.

We've also had it raining on the field, but dry on the track before. And I mean pouring rain too.

Another time, we were outside doing a dress rehearsal before a comp, and all of a sudden the wind blew up really strong, enough to turn our sousas into silver sailboats. Literally, one almost flew away. Full on she was off the ground. We went inside because those sousas were immobilized completely, and by the time we are getting ready to load buses, its raining so hard its starting to flood outside. My school is slightly underground, so it has a sort concrete wall around the band room and a ramp going down into the school, and we have stairs to get onto the ground-level parking lot outside the band room door. (it leads outside) Well, that was beginning to flood and was starting to leak into the band room. We nearly had to swim to the buses,a dn went one section at a time because we had our uniforms and isntruments, and it was pouring rain and we didnt want them too wet. We all used our hatboxes as umbrellas, and some of the band parents held jackets over our heads, which was really funny. We get to the competition, not 20 minutes away, and its dry and over 100 degrees. and sunny.

haha, my freshman year the choir room had a bad leak.

And yeah, some classrooms have high windows that if you look through, you can see people's feet. Its weird but kind of cool. We also ahve multiple buildings.

I did remember a few mroe rain stories. Marching season=monsoon season.
We were outside for rehearsal and were setting drill. It was kind of cloudy, but dakr so it was hard to tell. Well, we set a bunch of drill then went to put music to it. First note, and it starts pouring rain. Woodwinds made a mad charge to the band room with our instruments under oru shirts to stay dry so we didnt lose pads.

And every year at the end of band camp parent performance, it rains. This year, was a first, and it was just really stormy and windy. Anyway, I remember one year perfectly. I think it was my sophomore year. We were outside doing a demonstration drill down, and all of a sudden huge crash of thunder and the rains tarts pouring. We all make a mad dash to the band room. Originally, we were going to keep marching, so at first it was just woodwinds without water bottles, music or anything else we had outside. well, as we were heading back out, everyone else was coming inside because of too much lightning and rain. What they failed to tell us woodwinds; brass and percussion had grabbed our stuff. Sow e all ran back outside to get our music and water, but it wasn't there. We were angry hahaha.

my school band was chosen to play at ANZAC day for our area and it was like 40 degrees and it started raining mid into it and it felt so nice. without it it think the whole band would have fained or had heat stroke or something.

(Australia btw)