Don't Stop the Music
My first year in the Marching Band at Forest, I learned something that stayed with me through my years in high school bands. We were on the field practicing for a show and had stopped in front of the press box for our main number. If you were in band, you probably remember the little flip folders that attached to your instrument that held your sheet music. Ginny Lee was our Drum major and gave the signal for "Horns Up". When I snapped my trombone up to begin play, my flip folder flew off and my sheet music scattered everywhere. we kept playing but poor ole Ginny left her position directing us and started picking up my music for me. She smiled and handed it back and resumed her directing of the band. As we finished our number and brought our horns down, there went my flip folder again as we marched off the field. Not wanting to have Ginny pick it up again, I quickly reached down and grabbed it before anybody behind me ran over me. I never carried music again on the field after that day. I would memorize every note that we were to play before games and contests. Hats off to Ginny for her leadership and compassion for a young 8th grader.
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