Regional Band Competition :: Example Personal Narratives

Regional Band Competition   The situation was insane. Not barely did I have to make time in the busy muniment of my junior year to take a few days mop up from school to attend the District One East High inculcate Band Festival, but I actually had to earshot to get a decent seat. Dont get me wrong I was thrilled to the highest degree attending. I just wasnt looking forward to having to make up two days charge of schoolwork. For once, I would be attending a festival where the seating parade wasnt based on how fast you could sprint to the stage from your seat in the auditorium, but on how talented of a musician you were. And the music for the audition? Amazingly difficult. I knew m either of the other students from other competitions and festivals, so I was known with their talent and ability. Based on that knowledge, I decided that I had no chance of placing higher in the rankings than, say, a jar of mayonnaise.   afterwards diligently practicing - or cra mming - the night before the audition, I felt I was as prepared as Id ever be. Out of all the pieces we were effrontery for the audition, my friends and I had narrowed it down to a few choices that the judges would intimately likely pick for the try-outs. From the three or four that we picked, we determined that the hardest poem was Gustav Holsts Second Suite in F. Fortunately, this song was one that I was familiar with already from concert band. I felt somewhat confident about the audition, but managed to convince myself that Id be ecstatic if I placed any higher than last chair. I didnt even dream of placing high luxuriant to be selected for Regional Band. The students with the highest scores at the District festivals were chosen to state to the Regional competition.   The first night of the District Band Festival, held at Yough senior(a) High School, took place on the evening of January 19, 2000. Cramming seven Hempfield students and one sousaphone into a m ini-yellow bus, which we dubbed The Sped Sled, we trekked through the blustery winter weather to the school. Surprisingly enough, we were early, openhanded us all a little more time to relax, warm-up, or practice music.