Senior Year

Time has quickly passed since my sophomore year. My last year of high school has now begun. Flags have been a part of my life for three years now, and the last year I had the opportunity to be the captain. My junior year was a very bad experience because of drama and snobby girls. The band show was terrible, and to make matters worst, we did not have a coach. The day of our first competition, we were learning the third routine. That competition was the most embarrassing experience I have ever went through. Thankfully, my final year is starting to look brighter.

I had many expectations for my senior season since I was named the captain. I am a perfectionist and my goal was to make up for the terrible season the team had last year. The first step was to convince Mr. Harding to bring back Cheryl. The end of my sophomore flag season ended badly for Cheryl, but I still had hope that she would come back to help her returning girls. Thankfully, I was right!

The show this year was James Bond. I believe since everyone liked the show it caused everyone to have a better attitude about marching season. At the beginning of band camp, Cheryl was very harsh to me, but by the end of the first week everything started to come together with our relationship and routine. The biggest problem that the team faced was the lack of unity. The previous season ruined our relationships because of one person and now that the problem had left we regained unity slowly. After band camp was over, we looked like a brand new team. Cheryl’s return was the rebirth for our team.

As we all began to grow closer it had a positive impact on everything. By the end of summer we managed to agree on a uniform and we were almost the whole way through the first routine. Things were looking bright until Mr. Harding messed up the order for our uniforms and left us with nothing to wear for the first football game. Thankfully, the distributor contacted me and we managed to find a replacement. The new uniform was not exactly what we wanted, but it was better than the molded uniforms we had to wear until the new ones came in.

The beginning of the season started out smooth, but as we continued to progress through the year it slowly began to become exhausting and everyone's attitude completely changed for the worst. With everyone’s attitudes continuing to get worse,  we finally came to the stark reality that we had to finish the show. For most of the band this was our last show we would ever display and we all didn’t want to leave on a bad note. Thankfully, our hard dedication payed off because we completed our show before the last band competition. Sadly, we did not receive any awards at our competition, but we were all winners in our hearts. Our final performance was bittersweet as all the seniors walked across the field to receive our highly anticipated senior shirts moments before. I am thankful that God blessed me with many great friends through my 4 years of band. The final step has now been completed.