Drum Major...-ing

For the past few weeks I have been going through drum major training [along with meh sister]. We’ve had three sessions of lessons, and tonight was our auditions [although meh sister didn’t try out; she just wanted to learn the skills]. I actually thought I did pretty well, though I got flustered during the interview [right after I told them I got flustered easily...lol].

Anyway, the audition consisted of conducting to the tape of Battle Hymn [which is the song the band played in the memorial day parade], then we had to draw strips of papers and choose how we were to conduct a scale [mine was the easiest: a whole rest then a cue to start playing on one; I really wanted the cue on three...for some reason]. The rest of the drum majors played their instruments while the others conducted [it ‘twas interesting...two flutes, a trombone, a trumpet, and bells...]. Afterwards we went out and each of us had come prepared with a block which we instructed the others to do, and we would be judged on our marching was well. MAN, I wasn’t that good because it’s been a while since I did most of that stuff...but then we were instructed to command a new block on the stop, which I did okay on...I slightly messed up, but I recovered...and THEN was the interview, which I thought went well besides me being flustered.

Everyone I’ve talked to said it was between me and the trumpet player for drum major...so maybe I’ll get it...maybe I won’t. [One of the flutes was last year’s senior drum major and was there to give the staff her opinion, and the other flutist was last year’s junior drum major, so she’s guaranteed a spot.]

If not drum major, I really want to be the trombone section leader :D.