Marching Band

Rachel started her second season of Marching Band on August 1st. Things have gone better this year. Last year seemed a little disorganized and practices were at two different locations. This year all of the practices are at he high school, and I think I just know more about what to expect. Rachel does not love marching band or football, her love is concert band, but she has done a great job learning the new routine and music.

They had their Summer Band Concert the weekend before school started. The band looked and sounded really good! This is a State year where they get a chance to go to State if they qualify. That is their goal. They looked like they were on their way at the concert!

I do have a funny story about this concert. We were on our way to drop Rachel off for their dress rehearsal right before the concert. She had to be there at 5:45. She had grabbed her marching bag that she had not looked at since the end of marching season last year....It probably still had the dirty socks she wore to the last game inside. She was putting her marching shoes on in the car on the way. Rachel had told me that her feet haven't grown any and her marching shoes would be fine to wear again this year. I was excited to save the money!! Well, she put her first shoe on and started to put the second. She said "Wait a minute" and took the first one off again. She looked at both shoes and she had two left shoes! Haha!! At least I thought it was funny! Rachel went into panic mode. She was due at the field in less than 5 minutes and her shoes were not going to work. I dropped her and her two left shoes off at the field and immediately called the Music store to see if they had marching shoes still in her size. They said they did. They were going to close the store at 6:00. I only had 15 minutes to get across town. I asked them to wait for me to get there. I had explained our predicament to them. They were all laughing when I got there just at closing time. They all had their jokes ready for me. They asked if she was walking in circles on the field! The manager said he would call her leftie from now on. I was really hoping a student would show up with two right shoes, but nobody fessed up to having her other shoe. When I got to the field with the new shoes she met me wearing both left shoes! Haha! That had to feel so weird. So, that was $30 I didn't save....Oh well! Rachel has laughed about it a little, but it was really not funny to her at the time.... it made it worse that I thought it was pretty funny and couldn't stop laughing!

This was at the first football game this past Friday. The Rebels won against El Paso. One of the band dads is taking pictures of the band and games this season. Rachel is friends with his daughters. We have been lucky to get some good pictures of her at practice and the game. This is her with her friend Alexis. I love this picture of them. Rachel and Alexis have know each other since grade school. They became each other's biggest competition during chair tests in junior high. They really push each other. They have become pretty good friends over the last couple of years. They even roomed together at band camp in Canyon this summer.

I like that she looks happy in these pictures. She is usually very serious and all business. I like the smiles better.

My goal is to get a good picture this year in her full uniform with the hat and feather. I didn't get a great one last year.