During the winter of 1988, I joined my fellow twirlers in the home town Christmas Parade and it would be the first time that I noticed the marching band whilethey were performing behind us in the line up of the parade. I was amazed by their high stepping, bright uniforms and the boldness of their sound. That was the moment I knew I wanted to be in the marching band.
Music would become a part of me and my life, but it was in grade school that I truly developed my skills. The arts were just beginning to be introduced in the county schools and the music teacher wanted the fifth graders to indulge. I remember the day that the band teacher came into my fifth grade history class and told us that there were limited slots available to join the band class. To make it fair, the school held a raffle for those students who were interested in band. On the day of the raffle, my stomach felt as though I had eaten a rock for breakfast. I wanted to be in band so badly. The moment the band teacher walked into the room with the winning numbers in hand I felt so light headed. There was only room for fifteen students. She began calling out numbers and by the thirteenth student I felt my hopes dwindle. I was shaking all over. She pulled out another number. I looked at my ticket and it was mine! I was in band! I cried out and ran to the front of the room to show her that our tickets matched. She told me that she would see me in two days in the first class of the year.
Growing up in a musical family I already knew what instrument I wanted to play although it was not one that girls normally would have chosen. I wanted to play the drums. I wanted to study percussion: snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, triangle, xylophone, timpani...
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...s could not see the sixty pound bass drum shaking on my slight frame.
When the judges finally announced that the Daniel Boone High School marching band would commence its show, my mind went blank and it was all muscle memory from then on. The Appalachian State University football field engulfed me as I set my bass mallets to the command of the drum major. The show was ready to begin.
There is no way to explain how deep music hits my soul. During the performance I floated on the music of Pat Metheny. Everything clicked for us and we were totally in sink. We had a perfect show. We won first place in all categories that year and the four years of my high school career, but it always comes back to that first show. The drive to be better, to be part of a unit, all stems from my love of marching band and the honor to be apart of something so spectacular.
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