Wednesday

My feet hurt and my lips are chapped. Today was a productive day at band.

During morning block we practiced our basic exercises and reviewed the drill we learned yesterday with Calvin and the rest of our field staff. We also learned where some of the music matched up with the drill.
We met up on the field again after lunch for music rehearsal. Woodwinds and brass were separated at first for warm-ups and review. From the brass arc we could hear loud counting and we looked over to see the woodwind staff members doing pushups. A little while later the brass and woodwinds combined for music rehearsal. We were productive and engaged throughout the afternoon block and it really paid off.
At 6:30PM, after a delicious dinner (maybe that's just me), the winds gathered to rehearse the music and begin tracking out our final music for the week. Although we hit a rough patch during the middle of the block, after a reminder from Nick we were able to be much more productive.

Rehearsal tomorrow starts at 5PM. With the morning off, hopefully we can accomplish today's daily goal of retaining information!

Lianne