Have you ever seen something and just become totally speachless? Well taht's what happened when the Schied's and myself pulled up to the Six Flags in Cleveland. I've never been to a big amusement park like that except for Disney World, so I was definately in awe. We got there, put on our sunscreen, and me and Brittney headed off. The first thing we rode was the X-Flight. That is, by far, the coolest ride I've ever ridden. I felt like I was flying. The whole day went by so quickly. I wish I could relive it. Me and Brittney spent the whole time riding rides, singing instead of screaming. People seem to give you funny looks when you're going down a 200 foot drop singing "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi. We didn't care though. We had fun and that's all that mattered. We rode all the rides, not tiring one bit. I hope we can go back next summer, too...
Color Guard 2002
Guard season number two for me. Our show that year was called Courage and Honor. The show was exciting, but yet it wasn't. The guard, as a whole, was pretty good. We only had five new girls that year, so everybody pretty much knew what they were doing. The show was hard...national level. Definately not something a high school marching band should be performing. Of course, because the music was harder, so was the guard work. That really got to us, because a lot of the time we couldn't keep up with the music.
The guard really wasn't as great as the year before. The guard, as a whole, didn't click. There were cliques, and people hated other people. It's like we let our differences get in the way of our performance, and that definately hurt a lot of people's feelings, but even more so it made the guard look bad.
October 26, 2002 - LMBA Championships. We were going on last, which, according to Mrs. Nick, is the best spot to be in. So we were all pumped up, and it felt like it was going to be a good night. During warm ups everybody was catching everything, there was no wind, and it wasn't cold...things were perfect. So we stepped out onto the field, excited about the night. I'm not sure what happened though...but when the music started the whole band fell apart. The lines were straight, but the music sucked. The guard was off, and people were droppign equipment left and right. We just fell apart.
We ended up coming in 4th out of 5 bands, which upset us all. The rest of the night was spent in tears, and then changed to making fun of ourselves. All in all, I think that band season really changed me....
For the better.