FOR ALL YOU MARCHING BAND GEEKS OUT THERE, READ!!!

[rbvbandrox]

I have written this poem, and wanted to share it with ya'll. But please don't try to claim it as your own-it's copywrited!

MARCHING BAND:

The gravel under your feet walking in
The smiles when you've seen your friends
The moaning of us going out to the field
The chant of numbers as we stretch
The drum majors telling us to get our acts together
The soft thud as we go down to do pushups
The excited cheer as we end practice
The nervousness as we load the busses
The silent breaths we take when waiting
The sound of our directors giving us a pep talk
The noise of the audience before we start
The audience giving us a standing ovation
The coldness of our ears sitting in the stands
The prayer that we got a good placement
The hopefulness as the awards are announced
The yelling and screaming when we get Sweepstakes
The happiness we see in ourselves and our directors
The hugs given to your friends and even your enemies
But most importantly...
The feeling of Achievement

[Catherine Rose Trotter]

[trumpetspride]

That's good! I got the chills reading it!

[lightningflute2010]

That's really good!
Could I write that down and post it in my band room if I keep your name on it?
I think my BD would like it.

[rbvbandrox]

lightningflute2010 said:

That's really good!
Could I write that down and post it in my band room if I keep your name on it?
I think my BD would like it.

totally! anyone can use it-but they just can't claim that THEY wrote it...lol

[marchingbandfreak]

most of it, so us WHS Blue Devils! XD

But so true to every MB!

[lobodrummajor]

Inspiring poem very nice. i might just show it to my band and director. it is so totally true also.

[lobodrummajor]

Inspiring poem very nice. i might just show it to my band and director. it is so totally true also.

[rbvbandrox]

yea, the key word there being INSPIRE.
I wrote it last year, but it is great for this years show-which is titled Inspire!
(or something like that)

[bariclaribob]

It's really good! Do you have any for parade bands?

[rbvbandrox]

bariclaribob said:

It's really good! Do you have any for parade bands?

hmmm...i'm good at writing poetry, so i'll try to write one, ok? i'm not making any promises, though. whenever our band tried to do parade, we would fail miserably!!!!

[trumpetislife]

thats really good! ;D

[brassgirl1023]

cool! Except that we just had band camp at my school this year. And we only march on grass or when we go inside, the gym.

[bandislife]

Awesome band-ish poetic-ness. Very, very awesome ^.^

[rbvbandrox]

brassgirl1023 said:

cool! Except that we just had band camp at my school this year. And we only march on grass or when we go inside, the gym.

[glow=red,2,300] hahaha! my band is starting today... [/glow]

[SaxGirl]

I wrote a band poem once. It sucked. I deleted it off of my deviantART, haha. But I really like yours. It captures all the confusing feelings of marching band, and the final outcome. Very nice job!