This is for all the band geeks out there
You Know Your A Band Geek When:
- When you switch your feet while walking to stay in step
- When " if your early, your on time, if your on time, your late, and if your late, your screwed." holds much meaning to you.
- When You have had marching band dreams
- When you get a shock when you leave the band room because the air is so CLEAN
- When you think Cadence is a pretty name for a girl
- When "one more time" means at least 7 more times
- When you have a mental breakdown at attention, but still don't move
- When band is life, and without it, you don't know where you'd be
- When you can change into your uniform anywhere Including a moving bus With the windows open
- When you can bring band into any conversation. and I mean ANY conversation.
- When you can't fall asleep at night because all you hear is Dr. Beat and cadences
- When you brag about your new unusual tan lines, or bruises, or how sore you are
- When you complain about band all marching season, but as soon as it's over, you count down the days until it's back (boy aren't we hypocritical)
- When you get into heated arguments about which is better, Woodwinds or Brass? Guard or Drumline?
- When even if you break a bone, you still insist on marching (even if on crutches)
- When you can march your show in your sleep
- When weekends, summers and Thursdays (or whenever you have it) are forever lost to practices
- When you show up to a seven hour practice an hour early to get in some extra practice
- When you plan your summer vacations around practice and even come home early if
you have to because God forbid you miss one practice.
- When you try to get as many siblings/friends/relatives/ random strangers as possible involved in band
- When you know what a natural high feels like, especially after doing well at a competition
- When you get first place at competition, and don't stop smiling until two weeks after
- When you classify your friends as "Band" and "Non-Band"
- When your Non-band friends start to hit you every time band is mentioned in their presence
- When you finally have a weekend off, and spend all your time practicing, looking up visuals, talking about band, writing things like this, etc.
- When sex jokes and band jokes are the same thing.
Our beloved drum majors (:
You Know Your A Drum Major:
- When you get to yell at your friends, and they can't yell back
- When moving your arms up and down rhythmically is natural now
- When YOU get the awesome hats and oufits, and the rest of the band doesn't
- When you practice conducting wherever you go
- When you yell "band ten-hut!" in the middle of class just to see who'll stand at attention
- When someone actually does stand at attention bacause they "don't want to have to run another lap".
Last but most certainly not least, the drumline jokes(: You know your in drumline: - When the cadence constantly runs through your mind. - We bang. What else is there to say? - When you can speak "drummer." - When rhythms are easy to read, but notes, that's a whole other story (although most pit can read music). - When having around 45 pounds strapped to the front of you is seen as a privilege. - When you make fun of other drumlines (even though they got second and your band got third) - When you call the drums by they're actual name, and go into some sort of detail, like "those are quads, but we need to get some quints, but squints is just over doing it, or " how come we don't have a cymbal line? we have three pairs of 20 inchers and two pairs of 18 inchers!" etc. - When you know what was written above means - When you have an opinion on the afore mentioned - When you could talk about drums for hours, but have trouble holding a conversation with anyone on almost any other subject
