Trumpets

The trumpets are our youngest section by average age and grade level. We have 11 of them. 4 are young men and 7 are young ladies. 5 are veterans and 6 are new members. Their section leader is one of the most naturally talented musicians we have, and he has an amazing sound. He is also one of the most demanding section leaders we have and expects his section to be the best they can be. I worried about this section at band camp because of its youth, but they have really been improving. Two of them are region player but I bet there will be more this year. Only the section leader is a junior. The rest are underclassmen so the future is bright for them.

Today's rehearsal was a total turnaround from Tuesday. They started rehearsal 15 minutes early on their own and worked on music. We also set the pregame show. Swansea has never performed before the game before but tomorrow night we will perform the national anthem, the alma mater, and the fight song from the field for the pregame show. During half time we will marching and play the opener, the ballad, and half of the closer. We must keep working to get over this "hump". If they will just push through this hard time, many good things are within reach.