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MARCH~NG &

CONCEAl BAND

lmag1ne ths. you're standing at attent1on wa1t1rg for your
next move 1n the dnll. a bead of sweat dnps down your face
but you can't Wipe 1t away. they'd take po1nts off Your eyes
are locked on the Drum MajOr. the t1me comes for you to
move. and you take a breath 1n. not to catch your breatr
but to blow 1t nto your Instrument and play the next beat
Be·ng carefu' to play the nght one out of the total 7 mnutes
of mus1c you had to memonze As Drum MajOr I helped over
70 5tudents get where they needed to be for FBA (March1ng
Band FCA ..... ) Tt-> s year. for the First t1me 1n 3 yedrS. CHS came
out a super or band
Now 1t s concert season and although we are 1ns.de 1n
the a1r condit1on1ng (when 1t's on). 1t's no less work Tak1ng
1n JUSt as much a~r. 1f not more. you stare at the director
watch1ng h1s cues and wa1t1ng for your entrance When 1t
comes. you glance down to see your notes and then back
up to see the mus1cal picture Mr Schulz IS try1ng to pa1nt
w1th h1s conducting Every practice you're prepanng for the
performarce that w1ll make th1s year another year the CHS
Wind Ensemble bnng homes a Supenor rat1ng
Drum MaJor Colby Hollingswortrt I /12