wow what a long day it was. i got up at 6:45 am to get ready for band camp and then it was off to the school at 7:45 am. band camp begins at 8:00 am and runs until 12:00 pm which is when we have an hour lunch break. then after that, there's another session which runs from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. so it was some long hours out in the sun (luckily i had sun glasses with me).
first, we all went out to the field and did warm-ups and stuff and then we did our marching basics for like 3 hours. that consisted of marching backwards, different turns, and also practicing a high step thing that will eventually be part of the show. after that, we begin to set charts (which means finding your positions on the field. we found the first 12, i believe, during the sessions today. then once we practiced marching to them, we got our instruments out (this was after lunch) and we played for a little while inside and then went back outside where we played while marching to the charts on the field. it went really well and practice will only make us better.
ziggy