Band Camp, Day 2: Part 2 - Day 3: Part 2

On the evening practice of the second day at Band Camp, we could not meet our goal of completing the opener due to a large storm approaching just after basics - we were forced inside, where we did make a great deal of progress practicing the opener. Fortunately, we made up a lot of lost progress the next morning.

We practiced a lot of the opener drill, reaching all the way to the end (Set 29) as well as setting our music all the way to set 18. It was certainly an intense morning, and we were incredibly productive, and the evening practice was just as good.

There was a heavy focus on basics during the evening practice, despite an impending storm. However, we still got a lot of drill done, practicing nearly to the end before we were interrupted by rain, thunder, and lightning. Inside, the focus was on music again - however, we did practice putting our sets to our music to make it easier when we go back on the field.

Band Camp, Day 2: Part 1

Tired from the first day, I was once again dreading Band Camp - but that quickly changed once we dived into practice. Instead of the usual basics, which utilizes the band's block formation, we combined basics with the drill - which involved practicing drill with a focus on out posture and marching technique instead of having the focus on reaching our spots.

After this different version of basics, we continued extensively practiced the 14 sets that we had learned yesterday, before quickly learning the rest of the opener, all the way up to Set 29. We definitely have more work to do on these sets, but I am very excited about adding music to this tonight.

Also today, we were given the option of arriving an hour early for the evening practice in order to have a sectional where we can practice any music or sets that we are having trouble with - I will certainly be taking advantage of this, because we have multiple turn-arounds in the opener that the whole band will need to practice.