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1. You know 'Marz' is not a planet.
2. You play more than one instrument.
3. You're a girl and you don't mind wearing a black bow tie.
4. You're a guy and don't mind seeing a girl wearing a black bow tie.
5. You've ever used your sash to block the hot May sun at Alma.
6. You've ever decorated your 'Moose' Hat.
7. You have a bad back or other physical deformity from band.
8. You've experienced 0-101 degree temperatures in the same day.
9. You know all the words to "Beauty School Dropout."
10. You already miss band camp.
11. You are still playing cadences on your desk in math class in February.
12. You've watched the video of the half-time show for the second or third time the night of the game.
13. Your worst fears include being out of step, messing up a solo, and not making it into Symphony Band next year.
14. The sound of a whistle makes you stop what you're doing and stand at attention.
15. You consider locking your knees the a sin.
16. You have a countdown to band camp on your webpage.
17. You and everyone else is now called "Al."
18. You still have the dance step memorized.
19. You actually read all these and finding that many of them apply to you, you take them as a compliment.
20. You know what "Brown Bear" and "Kodiak" are.
21. You live in the bandroom.
22. You know what to do with a "Tam."
23. You wear a kilt."
24. You don't like bag pipes.
25. You can play the bag pipes.
26. You only know what "out-of-tune" bag pipes sound like.
27. You've ever hit yourself with a mace.
28. Your fondest memory of this year's football season is standing at attention on the field, in the rain, while the crowd runs for cover.
29. You know who the drill sergeant is.
30. The band boosters are your best friends during band camp.
31. You go to all the pep band games.
32. You've ever been almost hit by a car on the way to the practice field 7th hour and you didn't even seem to notice.
33. Bag pipes don't bother you anymore.
34. You know all the bag pipe jokes.
35. You've ever ran around pulling apart peoples' sashes.
36. You actually know what a highlander sash actually looks like.
37. You know your way around the auditorium stage better than your own house.
38. You've ever played music in the parkinglot after a 7th hour practice on your car horns. (da, dadada, da, honk honk (1 2&3 4, 2 3)
39. You have Symphony Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Pit Band, Honors Band, your instrument(s), and Dance Step Committee on the back of your varsity jacket.
40. The Pit doesn't make your claustrophobia flare up.
41. You only date other band members.
42. You spend your day off after exams, at a music conference with your band director and 2 dozen other band members.
43. You look forward for marching band to start back up.
44. All the CD's you burn only have band music on them.
45. You know the full name of the song "Fortuna....." and what it translates to in English.
46. You've dated everyone in band and you wonder if there is anything after band.
47. After the last performance your senior year, the Memorial Day parade, you look forward to coming back to play at the Fantasy of Lights Parade, so you ask the band director for next year's Christmas Music.
48. You know that Shenandoah is the saddest song in your world.
49. You know who Happy Howdy Off-brand is.
50. You have ever got marz to do the "Hey Band!! Hey What?!" dance with a cowboy hat on.
51. You have made friends with other band students around the county at pep games.
52. You've ever worn your kilt on homecoming Friday.
53. You've ever seen a tuba player get stuck in his tuba.
54. You think guys and girls changing in a very small, crowded area is completely normal.
55. You've actually learned and enjoyed the "Grease Lightning" field show.
56. You've actually met the Oompa Loompa.
57. You know who the sond Drugeda was named after. "Drew" not really, buy hey! It's Band.
58. Your best time in band is making out your senior will and filling out your 'Rmember whens.'
59. Your band has two co-presidents that ran as one person.
60. You have actually read the list this far.
61. You know the rule about 'The Continental Divide.'
62. Your e-mail address is "yourinstrumentYEARofgraduation@hotmail.com'
63. You have three hours of band a day, come back at 5:30pm-7:00pm for jazz band, then 7:00pm-9:00pm for marching band practice. Then you go home waiting for tomorrow's band.
64. You've ever heard the expression "Got Gong?"
65. Your drum major wears weird knee-high socks and a kilt.
66. The expression 'Naked Time' seems absolutely normal.
67. You've ever seen the Chia Clarinet.
68. You can finish this sentence: "When in doubt..."
69. You refer to the large practice room as the honeymoon suite.
70. You walk down the with other band members in step together.
71. After a pep game, everyone goes to different restaurants, yet manage to all get on the express way to go home at the same time.
72. You've fought a battle over a piece of territory at band camp.
73. You know what it means when a band member holds up a curved finger and shouts out "Scorpions!!"