forward to their show.
With their breaths showing on the cool October air, Fred and Elena, the senior FHHS drum major, called the band to attention. The band members responded with a resounding and overwhelming “HUT!” while the members of the drumline hit their drums in unison. The cymbals crashed and choked their cymbals at the same time. Overall, it created a huge sound and the collected crowd cheered appreciatively. Fred and Elena gave their salute and Elena marched quickly to the drum major stand. She climbed it, brought her hands up, and the show began.
Lucy couldn’t think about anything else once the performance started. She didn’t think about Sam or Nevada or who was going to win, she just thought about her drum and the Line and soon enough it was the drum break. Marching through the solo, Lucy knew the judges had to be impressed. Many drumlines just parked themselves and played through their drum solo, but not the percussionists who wanted the coveted High Percussion trophy – their drum instructors wrote out drill to march while they were playing some very complicated licks and Forrest Hills was no exception. It seemed like Lucy blinked and the solo was over – a roar of approval went up through the stands. The percussion judge had to move quickly to keep up with them.
The rest of the show was a breeze after the drum solo. On this warm October evening, as Fred brought his hands down to the ringing triumph of the closer, Lucy realized there was no place else she would rather be. The marching band walked off, not with a cadence, but with a simple drumbeat and collected on the track off the field. Since they were the second to last band to perform and there was no room in the stands, they would just wait patiently until the awards were given out. The Line carefully put their instruments down and waited while the South Washington band marched on the field.
The South band got a similar reaction as Forrest Hills for their “Hut!” After the drum majors signified they were ready to take the field for competition, their show began – introducing the crowd to an interesting arrangement of Lady Gaga’s hit songs. While the music might be fun to listen to, everyone in the Forrest Hills band critically watched South’s performance, knowing the scores were going to be very close. Both of the large bands had a high level of difficulty, so it would be interesting to see what the judges came up with. As their show finished, Lucy watched with pride as Sam kept the beat for the band as they marched off the field and lined up next to the Forrest Hills band.
After a rousing performance from one of the local college marching bands, an announcement came over the loudspeakers, “Would representatives of the competing marching bands kindly take the field?”
The drum majors, captains, and lieutenants from each section took the field. For some bands this was a small gathering – maybe five people. For the Forrest Hills Flyers there was a Brass captain and two lieutenants, a Woodwind captain and two lieutenants, one drumline captain and one (or more) of his four lieutenants, a Dance Line captain, a Color Guard captain, and a Majorette captain as well as the drum majors. They had to line up a few people deep to make room for all the bands on the field.
The announcers first went through the smaller bands and their results. When it came to the 5A division, the Forrest Hills band stood at attention. It was their way of showing respect for the other schools in the division.
From the track, Lucy was proud to hear the Forrest Hills band receive all Superior ratings and wasn’t surprised to hear when South Washington did the same. Before announcing the overall top band, the judges first awarded the caption trophies. Trophies were given in every category: Brass, Woodwinds, Auxiliaries, Percussion and Best Overall or Sweepstakes finish. It seemed like forever until the High Percussion honors were given. The announcer was
With their breaths showing on the cool October air, Fred and Elena, the senior FHHS drum major, called the band to attention. The band members responded with a resounding and overwhelming “HUT!” while the members of the drumline hit their drums in unison. The cymbals crashed and choked their cymbals at the same time. Overall, it created a huge sound and the collected crowd cheered appreciatively. Fred and Elena gave their salute and Elena marched quickly to the drum major stand. She climbed it, brought her hands up, and the show began.
Lucy couldn’t think about anything else once the performance started. She didn’t think about Sam or Nevada or who was going to win, she just thought about her drum and the Line and soon enough it was the drum break. Marching through the solo, Lucy knew the judges had to be impressed. Many drumlines just parked themselves and played through their drum solo, but not the percussionists who wanted the coveted High Percussion trophy – their drum instructors wrote out drill to march while they were playing some very complicated licks and Forrest Hills was no exception. It seemed like Lucy blinked and the solo was over – a roar of approval went up through the stands. The percussion judge had to move quickly to keep up with them.
The rest of the show was a breeze after the drum solo. On this warm October evening, as Fred brought his hands down to the ringing triumph of the closer, Lucy realized there was no place else she would rather be. The marching band walked off, not with a cadence, but with a simple drumbeat and collected on the track off the field. Since they were the second to last band to perform and there was no room in the stands, they would just wait patiently until the awards were given out. The Line carefully put their instruments down and waited while the South Washington band marched on the field.
The South band got a similar reaction as Forrest Hills for their “Hut!” After the drum majors signified they were ready to take the field for competition, their show began – introducing the crowd to an interesting arrangement of Lady Gaga’s hit songs. While the music might be fun to listen to, everyone in the Forrest Hills band critically watched South’s performance, knowing the scores were going to be very close. Both of the large bands had a high level of difficulty, so it would be interesting to see what the judges came up with. As their show finished, Lucy watched with pride as Sam kept the beat for the band as they marched off the field and lined up next to the Forrest Hills band.
After a rousing performance from one of the local college marching bands, an announcement came over the loudspeakers, “Would representatives of the competing marching bands kindly take the field?”
The drum majors, captains, and lieutenants from each section took the field. For some bands this was a small gathering – maybe five people. For the Forrest Hills Flyers there was a Brass captain and two lieutenants, a Woodwind captain and two lieutenants, one drumline captain and one (or more) of his four lieutenants, a Dance Line captain, a Color Guard captain, and a Majorette captain as well as the drum majors. They had to line up a few people deep to make room for all the bands on the field.
The announcers first went through the smaller bands and their results. When it came to the 5A division, the Forrest Hills band stood at attention. It was their way of showing respect for the other schools in the division.
From the track, Lucy was proud to hear the Forrest Hills band receive all Superior ratings and wasn’t surprised to hear when South Washington did the same. Before announcing the overall top band, the judges first awarded the caption trophies. Trophies were given in every category: Brass, Woodwinds, Auxiliaries, Percussion and Best Overall or Sweepstakes finish. It seemed like forever until the High Percussion honors were given. The announcer was
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