Alex has his first marching band rehearsal under his belt. So hard to believe that he will be in the high school next year and a new era of Marching Band is beginning for us. It isn't all fun and games. It's hard work and I know there will be times when he gets in the car after practice dreading the next time he has to go back. I know this because I had two girls go through marching band.
But when all is said and done, both girls wrote their college essays on the ways in which marching band changed them. I know there will be ups and downs.....but it has been one of the best experiences in Cara and Alyssa's life....and I know it will be for Alex as well. And away we go.......
We don't play music and march because it's cute. We play music and march because we are members of the human race... medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But music and marching band, these are what we stay alive for!
~ almost said by John Keating
in the movie "Dead Poet's Society"
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