High School Band Experience Essay

Throughout High School many of the activities I have done helped me grow as a person. One experience that had a thorough impact on me is band. Going into high school band as a freshman I had no idea what to expect. At my High School, Oak Creek High School, our band works very hard. During marching band season in the summer we have copious amounts of practices a week, from 5:30 to 9:30 on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturdays. During the school year we practice not only during band class but also on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 9:00 while having competitions on Saturdays and Sundays. My Sophomore year of High School I went to my first band competition mildly aghast but mostly thrilled to display all my hard work learned through practice. Previous to this year the

Since I was in sixth grade I have been going to the same church, Harvest Community. When I was in eighth grade my parents decided we should branch out and serve others through volunteering opportunities offered at our church. I work the position of a greeter, so I open the door for people and say “Good morning” and offer a gracious smile and a firm handshake. I have done this job every Sunday every other month since 2013. Doing this made me genuinely enjoy volunteering. I feed off the smiles on people's face and the exuberance they get when they see me volunteering. Other volunteering opportunities I did are serving Thanksgiving dinner at the Community Center and ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. These opportunities helped open my eyes and made me substantively more empathetic to those in the world who might be struggling in my own community. I am very grateful to have volunteered and for having it help me expand as a person. At UW- La Crosse I will convey this experience and augment the campus by treating everyone with consideration and as an equal and helping those in