What a Friday night with no football game? Yep, we have off. The team will be playing but the band is off. We have two competitions tomorrow and the game is away so we have chosen not to go. It is not because we don't support the team or anything. We are tired and we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. We are lucky to have a district that will support our choice to not travel tonight. We practice all week and for us to be at our best tomorrow we will need our rest. What about the booster club? Here is a consideration that some do not make. To travel anywhere with a band is a task. Football game, parade, competition, they all take time and energy on a booster club's behalf. I would rather have well rested and pleasant helpers and boosters tomorrow than a tired bunch.

What about tomorrow? If hard work counts...We should win nationals! We have worked our tails off! I still think we are 2 weeks from being clean but stranger things have happened. Tomorrow may be one of the magic days were no wrong can happen...Or it may not be. I feel good about what we have done this week. We play so much better than we did a week ago. We could be clean, but we just need to slow it done in our minds and make things line up. If we do, watch out. I wish nothing but luck to our competitors tomorrow. We will not need luck, just some magic. Have you ever seen a rabbit get pulled out of a hat? See, it happens all the time. You just have to know the trick. Tomorrow we will shine for sure!

P.S. The picture of Ted rooting us on! He loves Fall!