1 quarter down, 3 to go!

Thursday was the end of 1st quarter!!! WOW!! Only three quarters left of 8th grade!! This Quarter flew by! So has Marching Band!
Once upon a time, on June 1st, 2009, Mr. Otis told us at music camp that the season would fly by. Oh, how right he was! At that moment I was thinking about how hard the music looked, how we would never be able to play it, and how we would definitely never be able to march while playing it! At the end of those 4 days, we could play it.
Again, on July 20, 2009, Mr. Otis told us how quickly Marching Band season would go. Right then, I was thinking of how long Band Camp would be and how hard I would need to work. 2 weeks passed, and Band Camp was done. It felt like 2 seconds, not 2 weeks.
When School started Mr. Otis constantly reminded us of how fast the season was going; we'd already made it through both camps and we were already practicing regularly.
We've competed at Colorado State Fair, taking 2nd place in 3A and 6th out of all 20 bands. We've gone on our first overnight trip to the Grand Junction West Marching Festival, taking a close 2nd place (.05 points less than 1st) in 3A for field show and a close 2nd in parade as well. We've performed at 3 football games. CBA Metro Regionals are on Thursday, October 15, 6 days away. 2 days after is the DCMI (Douglas County Marching Invitational) Marching Festival. There isn't much left of the season. We're nearly done.
I've had a great time in the Legend Marching Band this year!! I've had fun times, and made great friends!! I'm going to miss marching when the season is over. Well, I'll just need to work hard during Symphonic season. Hopefully I can be in the Pit for our schools production of "Beauty and the Beast" this spring. I sure hope so :)
For now, I need to start out the 2nd quarter strong. I just don't want everything to pass by so fast! I wish it would last longer!