Blog Buzz

On the bus ride up to ESM (3.5 freaking hours away), there was this stupid nagging thought that kept coming in my head:Blogging!! There is something about it that gives me a buzz. Perhaps it's the fact that even though I am out going, I keep A LOT of my personal thoughts to myself, and by writing in here, I am giving anyone who wants access into my head a free ticket.

Anyways, 2nd place today. Here is how the top two played out:
Victor: 88.8
Medina: 88.5
WE GOT BEAT BY .3!!!! How lame is that?! Ok to you this might not be as lame but let me put the sequence of events from this day into here so you can see how frustrating this is. Ok here it goes. We get on the bus at 9:30am and head out for ESM. About half way there, the truck pulling the trailer with all of our equipment broke down! How shittty. So for the next 1.52 hours, we say doubled(some triple) to a seat and put all of our drums on the yellow buses. To make matters worse, NYSPC rules state that a competing drumline must compete in at least 2 shows in order to be eligible to compete in championships. This is our second show so we couldn't miss is!

Ok so we get there, and good 'ol Mr. Myhill came and pulled the trailer with his big 4x4, and made it JUST in time for warm up with the rest of the line. You would think this is the end of the story... but you're wrong. Turns out, good 'ol Kline forgot his drum harness. AWESOMEEEEEE. That was quickly fixed when we borrowed ESM's tenor harness. If you know anything about drums, you know that they have to be fitted to each individual's specs...so that took about 15 minute to do...HOWEVER, like all crazy stories go, there is more. As i tightened the lug to one of the support bars, the lug SNAPS. The harness is now useless, but it was time to go on so we had to think on our feet. Luckily, Mr.Clark found another ESM harness to use and we made that work for the show.

All in all, we really came together as a group today though. There was no (well maybe a little) complaining about the crazy situations, and if anything we all can laugh about it now. But as I sit here fulfilling my blog craving, I can't help but think about Mrs. Dreyfus. This amazing woman who has stood by (with her husband) and supported the band program through thick and thin, suffered a brain hemorrhage, and is fighting for her life. I sincerely hope for a fast and full recovery. I leave you-my faithful blog fan base- with a sentimental end to this blog. Please visit this website, and click on "visit a patient page." The login info is:
Login: Dreyfus
Password: 1 wonder woman (leave all spaces in)
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