BOA SA Lessons

Thanks man! Your Blog is pretty cool, has tons of relatable posts and stuff, and I think saxophones are second best sound instrument next to Flutes. But saxophone players tend to not have the negative connotation I’ve heard some flutes have. I hope you have a wonderful concert season (or whatever you band kids do.)

For my Band kiddos

Go follow @growing-up-guard . I love them soo much. They are a colorguard member (obviously) which means they are automatically cool. If you are a guard member or a band freshman you should totally go follow them!! Let’s get support for the band freshies!!

I joined guard after I tried joining the band program but because the school I came from had an infamously bad program the director sent me down to the guard. I was heartbroken because I had my mallets and a piece I had been practicing for the last few months. Regardless, In the end, I’m way happier in Guard.

Usually I’m not like this but please follow this blog I wanna feel like it’s actually good for something because I’m particularly excited about making it

PREACH!

Why is guard considered a "girl's sport" if it's considered a sport at all?

A few classmates of mine (football players, who else) had the gall to tell me today that guard isn’t even a sport and it’s “just a girl’s thing anyway”.

Sometimes I want to hit people like that upside the jaw. With my rifle. Although that would be cruel to Igg.

Guard is not a “girl’s sport”. Guard is a sport. The only reason there are not so many guys on my team is that people like those two football boys say it’s too “girly”, so guys don’t bother to join.

But one of my captains is a boy and he’s honestly the best person on our team. One of my best friends in guard, one of my best friends PERIOD, is a boy and he loves guard more than anything in this world. Guard has kept him happy, alive, and out of trouble, and it’s so much fun for him too. The third boy on our team just tried out today and you can see how much he already enjoys spinning rifle. He got near-perfect flourishes in under a day, people. That’s not something you do because a sport is “too girly” for you, a male.

Just because we bleed out of a few different places, just because we have the ability to create new life, just because we have slightly different bodies DOES NOT MEAN that guard is limited to us.

Just because guard involves dancing and spinning pretty things and wearing makeup DOES NOT MEAN boys can’t be in it too.

Fragile masculinity, people who are anti-guard, and people who think guard’s a “girly sport” get on my nerves.

To those people: MAN UP. Have you ever tried to spin a rifle? Have you ever gotten bruises on your arm from sabre? Have you ever pulled multiple muscles trying to master a dance move? Have you ever tried to do a routine with a very large and heavy piece of equipment while looking UP, AWAY from the equipment? And SMILING? Showing EMOTION? Running a show nonstop on a floor or a field for up to ten minutes?

I didn’t think so. Man up, and grow up. And try out for guard.

Band Director @ Band

The Tubas Made Memes Again, this time at 6:30AM

It’s the End of the Season

Quite Frankly, I’ve only been doing this for 4 months now and it’s become my life. I don’t know what winter guard will be like and I love the seniors so much I don’t want them to leave us. It’s way to early to be thinking about this n all but it’s sad. Especially since all of them are varsity and that I’m not sure how much the two teams interact.

I love you Bri, Payton, Jazz, and Copeland, my captains, along with the other seniors, regardless of who stays for next season. All of y’all have a place in my heart and soul.

Over Yeeting

Here’s a tip, from an idiot freshman.

Don’t

Over

Do

The

Toss

Even

If

You

Can

Lights are expensive

When you finally get that good run

But all of your other runs have been shit

What I’m bad at: most things

What I’m good at: somehow hitting myself in the face with absolutely everything