Working Through It All

I haven't blogged in while. Been a little busy you know. This band directing thing takes a lot of time and effort. We have had our moments lately too. It seemed as though we just kept working and getting physically better but not getting much better with the show. We certainly have our obstacles. Unlike many schools, my marching band students and non marching band students are mixed into the same classes. This makes working on the marching show during school time very difficult. Most of the visual and musical work must take place after school. We also do not have a colorguard class so that work all takes place after school. What all this means is that the individual must realize that they are the band. We can't just simply take it easy and let somebody else do it for us.

Now back to the work without apparent results. It just seemed like we weren't getting better. We worked hard but not smart. It has been my experience that sometimes when you think you just aren't getting better, that may be the point at which you are making the largest stride. Today somethings happened for us though. Visually things seemed cleaned and musically...well it started to sound like a Brady band. To achieve the true Brady sound, all must produce and today that started to happen. We have a long way to go but as Lou Holtz would say, we won today.