6 Ways Being In The High School Marching Band Impacts You Forever

the glory days, am i right?

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your best memories from high school are from the band bus, football games, and marching competitions, because you got to spend all day with your best friends. And for the most part, your best friends were all in band because those 'outsiders' just didn’t understand.

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your t-shirt drawer is mostly made up of band t-shirts of years past. They’re also your favorite ones to wear because they’re the most comfortable. Those t-shirts got nasty, and let’s face it, those uniforms were hot and we were sweaty and gross, but when it was our time to shine, we all thought we looked so good! It was like a uniform of confidence.

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when you attend a football game now, and everyone around you thinks that half-time = potty break and it makes you SO mad, because you believe that the sole purpose of a football game is the halftime show. And you’re 100% serious about it, too. After all, everybody knows its marching season, not football season.

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if you hear a song that you once played in marching band, you start to sing (& dance) along. Y’all know what I mean. You hear this song, and you automatically begin to picture yourself on that field again, and you think for a minute that you can actually remember all of those moves that were carved into your brain.

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if you see a marching band now, you forget to watch the colorguard at all, that is until you see flags flying and you think the drumline might get hurt! Let’s be honest, everybody’s favorite part of the band was the drumline (trust me on this one).

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it affects you to this day. if any song comes on, you immediately begin to tap your foot to the beat. It’s not on purpose. It’s just a part of you now, thanks to marching band. We love you, marching band.