Whoah it’s definitely been a long time since I’ve updated this. So that’s what I’m doing. I’m going to skip the week of 9/30 since I partially forget what happened then, I’m starting with last weekend. (more…)
First off, weekend recap.
Friday - Football game at CB South. Final - Something along the lines of 34-14. Show was ok.
Saturday - Well. Let’s start off with an explanation of the new “circuit” we perform in. Numeric scores aren’t really announced (they’re out of 140, so they’re “meaningless,” as someone put it), and we’re given a rating. In order of worst-best, they are “Good,” “Very Good,” “Excellent,” “Outstanding,” and “Superior.” The only other schools in this “circuit” (the “festival”circuit”) are CR North/South, Neshaminy, Pennridge, Pennsbury (who is now taught by nearly all of Bensalem’s old directors/techs), William Tennent, and Montgomery (no relation to the flea market). There may have been another school or two, but I forget.
So anyway, the show was pretty bad. It was real disorganized (poor communication and such). Bensalem was pretty much the smallest band there, next to Tennent. Our Directors decided to change circuits because the old one was “unfair.” Saturday, we received a rating of “Very good,” while about 2/3 of the other groups got “superior” and the other 1/3 got “excellent.” Going on a 100 point system, I figure Superior is >90, Outstanding >80, etc, so probably in the 60’s for us this week. Fun stuff.
Sunday - OAFK reading, college apps, this.
Well, prolly last one for this. I realized no one really cares about it, including me after a while.
Sunday - Homework, College Essays.
Monday - School, Back-to-School Night @ 5:30.
Tuesday - School, Practice 6-9.
Wednesday - School.
Thursday - School/Philly, Practice 3-5 (Showing up late from Philly), Pizza 6, Parent Performance 7-9ish.
Friday - School, Football game at CB South. Staying through. Free after?
Saturday - 1st Competition. @ BHS practicing 3-5, leaving 5:30/6, performing at 7 at William Tennent High School. Not home till 11/12.
Sunday - Homework.
Monday - School.
Tuesday - School, activities meeting, practice 6-9.
Wednesday - School.
Thursday - Tour UPenn, College Apps (?), Rosh Hashanah dinner at my Aunt’s house.
Friday - Hanging out possible, then Football game.
Saturday - Either homework or hanging out.
I guess I’ll make this a weekly thing when I get around to it. But then again, who wants to read about boringness?
Sunday - Shore.
Monday - Come home from shore, possibly the Pic-a-nic? Doing the calc packet because I left it home.
Tuesday - School. Then hitting up Staples to get the usual stuff. Then practice 6-8:30.
Wednesday - School. Yeah.
Thursday - School. Then practice 3-5.
Friday - School. Then football game. Probably staying through, but free afterwards (potentially).
Saturday - Shore or homework. Or hanging out. Depends on the week.
Hooray school?
Daily updating of the week of unnecessarily long practices (12-8).Monday - Wet, and we lost another bass drum player. Then they found another kid but he went back to pit. Stuff is boring when I already know all the music. Dinner was baked ziti. Not bad.
Tuesday - Wetter, cold, and we didn’t find a bass drum player yet. Stuff is still boring when I already know all the music. But dinner was Texas Roadhouse’s chicken fingers, beans & pork, green beans, and their amazing bread with cinnamon butter. Delicious.
Wednesday - Nice Weather. Still no bass player. Boring that I know all the music, but not as boring overall, as we started actually doing stuff and embellishing parts. Dinner was breaded chicken sandwich (with bacon, lettuce, onion, salt/pepper/oregano and caesar dressing) and beef jerky from wawa. Good stuff.
Thursday - We actually starting doing stuff and it felt good. Dinner was hot dogs and mac ‘n’ cheese. not bad.
Friday - HOT. Very hot, actually. The morning consisted of the drumline, instructors, and Amanda Logan screwing around (not like that). Dinner was pizza. We finished parts 1 and 2, and my last week of ridiculously long practices was over.