You Have Been in Band TOO Long if...
*When you hear music and start marking time.
*When you walk in step with the person in front of you.
*When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.
*When all of your friends are in band.
*When all of your band friends stole part of the band uniform.
*When you don't mind changing clothes on the bus.
*When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio.
*When you like wearing your uniform or you can pick yours out from a pile by your own distinct sweat smell.
*When every guy/girl you're interested in is in the band.
*When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory. It isn't?
*When you practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog.
*When "armed guard" means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a
gun.
*When band camp is FUN.
*When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name.
*When you dress the lunch line and urge others to do the same.
*When you're alone and you suffocate because there's no one telling you to breathe.
*When your instrument has a name.
*When making a line is your biggest accomplishment of the day.
*When marching backwards no longer reminds you of ballet.
*When you can make brown shoes look white.
*When your uniform fits.
*When black feathers become a fashion "do."
*When you see your section more than you see your family.
*When everyone wants to kill the other football team...and you want to
kill the other band. Die NOVA aka Avon.
*When you think evening practices should last a half-hour longer. Yeah, because I like having my blood sucked by mosquitos.
*When you accidentally call you band director "Dad." OH YEAH RIGHT!
*When you CAN sight-read.
*When you can put your uniform on in less than 10 minutes. Oh please, try 3 minutes.
*When reeds taste good.
*When you think your plume is alive or part of the male anatomy.
*When marking time is your favorite form of exercise.
*When you have a neck strap/harness tan line. Say hello to Ryan Leitz at band camp.
*When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.
*When numbers past 8 aren't important.
*When you role-step through the cafeteria so you don't spill your lunch, which you know you all have done.
*When letters past G aren't important.
*When everybody fights like family.
*When you root for the other football team to lessen the time of your
season.
*When you know everybody else's personal business.
*When you've practiced so long, the flags are together.
*When you have no more secrets.
*When you don't try to hide the fact that you're in band.
*When you subconsciously start humming your music.
*When you know not only your own part, but everynoe else's too or make up words to wordless songs.
*When you eat lunch with all of the other band people.
*When you start to eat lunch in the band room or stay after school in a room that you have overtaken. And in this room, you have social events such as card tournaments or heart to hearts.
*When you can tell who's in the bathroom by looking at their sneakers
under the stall.
*When you resort to humming your band muisc to fall asleep.
*When wide open spaces stir up and urge to march your show. Remember that Ryan????
*When you have a pin from every competition you've been to.
*When you friends that aren't in marching band ban you from discussing band topics in their presence.
*When you have 2 instruments--a junky one for marching band and a good
one for concert band.
*When dreams of marching are constantly in your head.
*When you can't go to the movies on weekends with your friends.
*When you don't see your parents on the weekends.
*When your free time is spent on homework.
*When you wear your band shirt in public.
*When you prefer classical music other than modern music.
*When the french horn section sounds good, but that doesn't happen without my presence.
*When the piccolos play in perfect unison.
*When the trumpet section's ego seems normal.
*When you hang out with your instrument section and tell others they aren't invited because they aren't part of your section
*When you wear your band uniform for a halloween costume or a performance for show choir.