If you have ever seen the movie 'American Pie' you know that for marching band we go to a thing called BAND CAMP! But not most experiences that are told and often thought of are, not true. My school school does band camp different from a lot of other schools. Three weeks before school starts we have our all day band camp (8am - 6pm). We have this for two weeks. In this two weeks we learn how to march, how to hold attention, how to spin our flags (guard only), and lots of other things. Then we start learning our drill. Drill is the spot you march to make a form or shape. First you will learn how to march from set one to two. Then two to three, then one to three and so on. Most drill about 40 to 50 sets (and sometimes longer, though that is usually only lager or more experienced bands). Then after this camp we have a one week camp where the practices are from 3pm to 6pm. This happens the week before school starts. We continue to learn the drill and the music (or work, for the guard). After school starts we practice after school from 3:15 to 6:00. On Friday nights, Football game nights, we stay and practice until about 5:00 then we hang out of do mini section times (times where it is just certain parts of the band practicing together; flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, low brass, drum line, and pit).Then we have a small band dinner, provided by parents. Most bands do it a little different but we are all the same, marching band loving kids who just want to show off their passion.
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