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Lets see...I'm pretty sure we are a competative band seeing that we praactice 15h 30 minutes of schedualed practice a week, and some on our own...but thats because we are the drumline, and want to be good.

I go to Ronald Reagan High. See ya'll at Grand Nationals! Were gunna win this time around.

Your First Competition Was great!

BOA Houston in Pearland. We won 1st place. The Hype was amazing. The crowd was amazing. I didn't fall down, and that was amazing.

Do you get better over the season?

Just a bit. I would fluxuate in my skills.

What has been your worst mistake?

Feet been out of time once...and got caught. But it doesn't matter because it was prelims

What made the show amazing?

The music was...alright. The marching was good. Nothing really spectacular

Seeing other bands

They all suck. Well, most of them do. Have no chance.

Losing to snobby bands?

Losing to them? We are the snobby band!

Yeah, we're one of them. Actually, people consider us to be one of the best in the state. Every competitiong we go to, I hear at least one person from each band say something along these lines--> "Oh great, THEY'RE here." Pretty much people from all over the state hate our school. One, we're one of the biggest 4A schools. Two, we tend to show off our money. Just a few years ago, they built a new stadium that is huge. It could pass for a small college's, actually. Also, instead of having a stantard trailer towed by a truck, we have a semi to haul all our equipment.

Our BDs put a lot of pressure on us from the first day of band camp until the very end. We have a long tradition of superior ratings at state (45 years. Bit of pressure to keep it up.) We tend to suck at our first competition, which really isn't one, cuz there's no scores. It's more of a clinic. But after that, we tend to do better, usually in the top three. We definatly get better over the season. Last year, we did sorta-not really bad, and the BDs made us come in for an hour before practices just to practice the basics. So, we kinda have to when it's that intense.

Personally, I haven't had any really bad mistakes. Just running into someone. But we've had some bad ones. A trombone lost their slide during a show, a guard member grabbed the wrong flag, etc.

I'm not sure what makes our show amazing. Our BDs say we're known for having high toes, so that, I guess. Then we play a lot of dynamics while playing. But we're not very flashy, so we're lacking in that area.

WE ARE A SNOBBY BAND! X) Well, the BDs are and that's what people tend to think about us. Really, we're not. Just competitive. We're good losers. Though other bands are snobby towards us if they win. We just shrug it off, though, and say "We just got to do better next time."

We're big for our state. If we moved up to 5A, we'd be the only ones. That kinda blows all competitions.

First: Our first competitions are later today...
Better: Erm...yeah. Finally finished the final song and are in cleaning process.
Worst: Hitting wrong note on vibraphone in a soli at the end of our first song...as a band though, it's talking too much.
Amazing: Our trumpet leader's solo in our second song. It's freaking awsome, man.
Other bands: The only other one I've seen was really small and slightly...suckish. But this is their first year being big enough to actually be on the field...so I'm not judging them.
Losing: Erhm...don't know yet...

As for us, we're 4A in this competition...god, I hope that we beat Valley this year...nobody's been able to beat them for a few years, since nobody's been in their class...until us.

My school's band only goes to one competition. We always rank very high
but we never get first. There are always those bands who compete a lot
that get in front of us. If we did another competition we would be really good.

Your First Competition:
It was fun! We got 3/12. The top two bands were highly competitive and we
did really well despite that.
Do you get better over the season?
Of course!
What has been your worst mistake?
Nothing too severe... bad horns up or missing a temp change.
What made the show amazing?
This really pretty hold at the beginning of part 3. Our show is Pirates.
Also, the guard had a kickass sword fight in part 2.

Seeing other bands:
I like seeing other bands. I prefer seeing them from a higher view because then the show looks cooler... I envy the really competitive bands. >_<

Losing to snobby bands?
The ones we compete against usually deserve it. They compete far more
often than we do. As my bad director says, "They exist to compete".

Our first comp was yesterday at the Royal Classic!!!
Our school band got Sweepstakes for the first time since 1971!
We also got the High Music trophy.
Drumline recieved 1st in division and High Percussion.
Color Guard got 2nd in division.

We have improved A LOT over the last two years. Two years ago our band hardly ever placed at comps and last year we won 1st place for the first time in five years.