Cougar Marching Band

The 2015 Cougar Marching Band is off to a great start; way better than the last two years. And being in marching band, and knowing how it's supposed to work I can honestly say this year we might actually get somewhere. I think that marching band is a great experience and that everyone should be in it. Maybe marching band isn't the coolest sport or activity. But it is a great time and it creates a lot of great memories.

Marching band, for band kids, is like a way of life. It's not just an activity, or another class, or an easy A. It's just what we do. We don't do it cause we have to, we do it cause we want to be there. And the feeling you get taking the field is great, everything else disappears and nothing else matter except drill and your music. Everyone knows how we do after a performance before we were even told based on how we did personally and from what you can hear and see from down on the field.

I'm gonna be honest being a marcher it is a lot of work! We have evening rehearsals twice a week 6-9 at night. Then we have first hour every day cause it is considered a class. Sometimes we even have Saturday rehearsals before a compition to review and clean drill. Also football games, every home varsity football game, the band is there. We play the Star-Spangled Banner pregame, and march our show during half time.

Have you thought about college? Or do you need help paying for college? Band can help you with that. With most colleges out there you can get a music scholarship if you are a good player. Even if you don't want to major or minor in music, or do anything with music at all. And with college being so expensive now a days, any amount of scholarship money can help out a ton! 

Also most upper classmen in band watch out and try to help the under classmen in band. We are like one huge family. Need help on homework? Don't understand something? Ask your section leader or another upperclassmen. Cause it's almost garunteed that at least one of us has taken the class or classes that you sturggle or need help in. So advocate for yourself and ask.

So long story short, marching band is a great experience, and is a great idea.