I've heard of people being so happy, they cried with joy, but I never really experienced it myself...It was weird...I was close to crying...but I wasn't depressed, I was so filled up with happiness, so excited...even more since...I don't know...I was just SO happy for them...I felt tears in my eyes.
I rode to Chino Hills to Ayala High School on Saturday with my cousin Tony (graduated last year and was in the FVRR marching band), and my friends Tom, Kevin, Denise, and their mom. The band was having their first WBA competition of the season and, although I've been to their rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I couldn't wait to see their show in the competition up in the bleachers. Right when we arrived at the school, we went to find the band and there practice spot and I was dashing off to greet the bandos good luck and see my friends.
We later left the band to warm up to get our seats in the bleachers with the other bando parents fron Fountain Valley. We came early enough to watch at least all of the 5A performances (at least Tony really wanted to). I was only going to wait until after the FVRR performance, then go hang out with them.
The band was on deck to perform after Arcadia high school. When Arcadia came on, I was thinking, oh my gosh, this is almost like last year's championships and finals with James Logan High school, but they were smaller. They still took up almost all of the football field though and had very small intervals (they even had trombones, how difficult to march with such small intervals). Because of such a large number of student marchers on the field, I guess that's the reason why they had their director be their only drum major, compared to the other bands and their student drum majors. James Logan High School although had student drum majors and was so big, they had a freshman band AND a regular band. And they STILL took up most of the football field! Crazy!
I was shaking and pulling on Denise's arm as I pointed at our band. "Our band's coming up next!!! I can't wait!" I was so impatient and anxious I was shaking all over, especially at my legs. Tom, Tony, and I bought an airgram for our friend Zongwei when they walk out on the field. We were always in band and never bought an airgram before, so we were confused how to do it. We decided to send him and inside band joke from last year's Fusion show, where Tony and his friend James made up lyrics with part of the 3rd movement of Fusion, which created Zongwei's new theme song. The message said: "To Zongwei. From Tom, Tony, and Michelle. Zongwei, he is the section leader. He will bite your head off. Watch out for his [piccalo.]" It was so hilarious and Denise and I screamed our throats out as the band came on. I made sure not to step on the funnel cake I laid down in front of me (I was plannig to save it to give to the bando's to eat afterwards).(written and unfinished on October 9, 2008)
I rode to Chino Hills to Ayala High School on Saturday with my cousin Tony (graduated last year and was in the FVRR marching band), and my friends Tom, Kevin, Denise, and their mom. The band was having their first WBA competition of the season and, although I've been to their rehearsals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I couldn't wait to see their show in the competition up in the bleachers. Right when we arrived at the school, we went to find the band and there practice spot and I was dashing off to greet the bandos good luck and see my friends.
We later left the band to warm up to get our seats in the bleachers with the other bando parents fron Fountain Valley. We came early enough to watch at least all of the 5A performances (at least Tony really wanted to). I was only going to wait until after the FVRR performance, then go hang out with them.
The band was on deck to perform after Arcadia high school. When Arcadia came on, I was thinking, oh my gosh, this is almost like last year's championships and finals with James Logan High school, but they were smaller. They still took up almost all of the football field though and had very small intervals (they even had trombones, how difficult to march with such small intervals). Because of such a large number of student marchers on the field, I guess that's the reason why they had their director be their only drum major, compared to the other bands and their student drum majors. James Logan High School although had student drum majors and was so big, they had a freshman band AND a regular band. And they STILL took up most of the football field! Crazy!
I was shaking and pulling on Denise's arm as I pointed at our band. "Our band's coming up next!!! I can't wait!" I was so impatient and anxious I was shaking all over, especially at my legs. Tom, Tony, and I bought an airgram for our friend Zongwei when they walk out on the field. We were always in band and never bought an airgram before, so we were confused how to do it. We decided to send him and inside band joke from last year's Fusion show, where Tony and his friend James made up lyrics with part of the 3rd movement of Fusion, which created Zongwei's new theme song. The message said: "To Zongwei. From Tom, Tony, and Michelle. Zongwei, he is the section leader. He will bite your head off. Watch out for his [piccalo.]" It was so hilarious and Denise and I screamed our throats out as the band came on. I made sure not to step on the funnel cake I laid down in front of me (I was plannig to save it to give to the bando's to eat afterwards).(written and unfinished on October 9, 2008)
