#bandtics

anyway, i, a flute, was in the front line and so got a front row seat to this. what happened was he ended up backwards marching the ENTIRE time, bc he didnt know that the drum majors turn around and forwards march when theyre not signaling us

our route was we marched from the parking lot outside the band room to the stadium on the other side of campus, did a circuit of the track, and marched back up. he got 75% of the way around the track before he had to turn around and forwards march.

he then, just after turning around, turns back to our front line and goes, and i quote,

that one time at the last competition before championships where these kids from another band were giving us food and i got to talk to them. they said our show was good (theirs was better, though we didn’t get to see it. i think she said her name was.. bella)

at championships we were going into the practice area and me and this kid who had a piccolo in the band that was going to the stadium like grinned at each other and pointed to our instruments like “same hat!!”

after scores were given when we got to Mingle with the other bands i kept opening my jacket in front of kids from other bands and going “hey u wanna hanger”

reactions to seeing the hanger in my jacket ranged from laughter to “...what the fuck why do u have a hanger”

on the Road Of High Fives back to the bus this kid yelled out of the window at me and my friend to “TELL MIGUEL TO GO TO HELL FOR THE HOT SAUCE”

tbh idek if anyone ever told miguel

before practice i was at strategy club (basically dnd) with annabeth and matt and mason the fuckboy showed up and called us nerds

so i just go “you’re — you’re in marching band. you’re a nerd”

and he tries to tell me that pit isnt Uncool like the Rest of marching band

but annabeth and matt shut him down lmao

later miguel brought like the hottest hot sauce in the world or something and mason had a tiny tiny tiny bit and fucking DIED it was HILARIOUS

i mean i too wouldve died but i have sensory issues so like. not quite the same thing

then when quinn showed up he got like five times the amount mason had had and ate it with a completely straight face, looking mason Directly in the eyes

matthew actually SHOWED UP to the flute and clarinet sectional...... amazing

we were joking w max abt him being in the cavaliers bc he was wearing a cavs jacket and being all sarcastic abt it all like “wait max are you in the cavaliers????? :OO i didnt know that!!!!!!!!!!!!” (when we had known for ages) and

max, turning around to show “the cavaliers” on the back of his jacket: i don’t know what you’re talking about

he was also wearing a dw shirt!!!!!! and like that isnt all that surprising bc a) hannah watches dw which i already knew and i watch dw with my dad so probably hannah watches it with max b) i mean this is marching band we’re all nerds. max is in the cavaliers hes like a professional nerd

but like. dw was my special interest / hyperfixation before band was, twice actually, so.

i actually was wearing a dw shirt at the time so it sorta just went

me, probably yelling: hey max! i like ur shirt!

me: realizes i have a dw shirt on at abt the same time as max next speaks and looks down at the shirt

max: basically just says “i like ur shirt too”

mattias got a new stupid looking hat: winter edition

when we got to the stadium eric took like three whole minutes to put on this tiny ass fuckin jacket that was like way too small for him and really really form fitting lmao

i watched devon yeet his hat halfway across the fuckin field

like that isnt unusual like. at all for devon but it was still funny

when we were over at the stadium it got super fuckin cold

like im talking it was cold to the point where i started putting my flute in my windsuit jacket literally every break we got. like we were told to reset and id just shove my flute into my jacket

(best part is u couldnt tell it was in there unless it was stickin out)

but like it was fuckin FREEZING

like sams pinky got frozen to the bE key on his flute

clarissa: (about a dynamic) it’s short and angry. (has a visible yet small realization) like me! (everyone laughs) glenna: clarissa in a dynamic.

then later when we were out on the field: so for background the drill writer decided that it was a good idea to put trombones and flutes next to each other all in one big line that goes like flute flute trombone flute flute trombone (bc we have like, 14 flutes to six (6) trombones). yes. put all the instruments that could easily hit someone in one big Line. this obviously leads to some complications. i tune in partway through this conversation.

justin, the trombone section leader, about his trombone: well i gotta like parallel park this baby max, very softly: i don’t care

im like 90% sure that was just an excuse bc like. have u MET trombones. they dont care at ALL about what happens to their instrument. if someone stands too close to my instrument while it’s on the ground i have a heart attack. trombones wear theirs as hats. ive seen one do that while telling someone to just kick his case out of the way.

oh also bc this happened:

one trombone (i think justin actually) fucking hurls a water bottle at an eighty degree angle into the fuckin sky, and another trombone, shando, who’s carrying two trombones in their cases sWINGS AROUND AND FUCKIN TRIES TO HIT THE WATER BOTTLE WITH ONE OF THE TROMBONES

and last, but certainly not least

of course french horns and mellos are the exception. and euphonium. they're literally the only instruments i haven't seen doing that, except sousa/tuba, but like theyre not much better than the baritones

they don't get up to the same amount of Instrument Tomfoolery as the rest of brass (except for french horn/mello & euph) bc their instruments are so big, but like i've watched abby let ava stick her flute into the bell and apparently on the  bus ride back from the competition last week mendelson fucking. looked up max's address and found it

according to ravi the trumpets regularly put their mouthpieces on other people’s trumpets and play em like that. and i’ve seen the section leader kick over his own trumpet, and try to hold a trombone but immediately drop the slide

and ive seen all four guy trombones wear their instruments as hats. one while telling a trumpet to just kick his case out of the way

and the baritones regularly play way above ten degrees on purpose

max wasnt there, but it could be bc hannahs sick and also cant play

i chugged an entire bottle of water before other ppl even got theirs

josh and all three flute seniors led the band dance with zach and beka.

josh’s dances were nearly as lit as noahs

ellie made us backwards dab

not once but Twice, the band just sang the fight song instead of playing bc the seniors were meeting the other band’s seniors or smth

apparently last year the band was band banned from like going “OHHHH” at 4:20 on the clock at games

drill was Bad. at least plums student section didnt boo us

percussion got a new cadence

DAAAAVE

color guard reached 240 squats

they were actually doing them when we were supposed to be sitting and NO ONE told them to stop. like beka was doing it with them and zach and staff never told us to stop it was ridiculous

my flute broke real bad before the game AGAIN but it got fixed so its cool. this was like, the Third Time tho