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2007
Band Camp. A whole new world for Freshman!..
This summer I came into the Pride of Doherty
Marching Band as a rookie and a freshman. Right
on the first day of rookie camp way back in May,
I could tell that this was going to be an
experience that I would remember. On the first
day I and the other rookies/freshmen had to
learn all of the basic marching commands and all
the stretches and other exercises that the band
does. Through out the week we learned all of the
marching commands, like a fast-break and an
oblique. We also learned that the band is
basically a big family of high school students
that all know each other and has been through
many difficult times, such as standing at
attention for five minutes at Homecoming. At the
end of Rookie Camp I was excited for summer to
really start, but then I remembered that I had
to go back to band camp at the end of July.
Just when I thought that the hard hours of
marching was over for the summer, I went back to
Doherty for the two weeks of Band Camp. This was
even more overwhelming with all of the upper
classmen around me and the pressure to do
better. Throughout those two weeks it became
easier and easier to march, and I met new people
that I probably would have never met if I had
not gone to Band Camp. When I got drill for the
first time it was a big relief. I thought it was
going to be more marching around and commands
being yelled out at us, but it wasn’t. After I
learned the song 1 drill and pass off the song 1
music, I was amazed to hear that we were ahead
of schedule. After those two weeks of Band Camp
I can not wait for the real season to start and
to march in my first football game! |
