Band Camp

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:16:00 GMT

By Ashley '08

Children enjoy their time at band camp.

Setting off for an early victory the Fraser Marching Band went to camp. The wonderful summer vacation cuts off short for the band members in order to bring entertainment to the new school year. Leaving their friends and family for a week is what other students would call vacation but to the band members it’s something different. According to a two-year marching band member Catherine P., “Other students believe that we go to camp and have the funniest vacation alive but they have no clue how much hard work and effort we put into this. I agree with the other student some what, there is a lot of laughs but after that its back to hard work and long and tiring days.” Waking up at 7 a.m. and having to be at breakfast at 7:30 a.m. some freshmen girls weren’t too happy. Varieties of freshmen band members talk about how they don’t have time to wake up and stretch as they do back at home. After all the embarrassing things that happened all of them agreed it was worth it. Including, forgetting to put their shoes on before they march, screwing up the march and destroying everyone else in the line. After talking to all the grades in band they’ve all said their favorite embarrassment and about 95 percent have said that the best one is about the marching band teacher, Mr. Rogers. A sophomore, Shanna P. said, “Every year I hear about Mr. Rogers having done something embarrassing towards him and making the band camp remembered.” After a week of hard work they came home to school starting in a few days. All of their friends are glad they are home and couldn’t wait to see all the hard work they did at the camp. This joy was cut short because the first football game was that day. The stands and the field were filled with people waiting to see what everyone had worked on. Many of the families and friends were supporting the band and showing Fraser pride. The marching band was a hit, through the crowd and hopes to be throughout the year.