School has been great so far! I love most of my teachers and classes I’m in.
Anyway we took our playing test in band last week and we got them this week. I got first again! My scores were A+ and A+. The seventh grader (he was so good that they brought him to our band) C got second and beat J. J got third, which I’m assuming he wasn’t too happy about (I was sick that day so I was only told what I got and then when I got back I got my test back). D (the one who got second when I got first during my surgery) got sixth and he said he got two A’s. J got an A+ and an A. It must have been hard for Mr. T to decide who got what chair…
First concert is September 21st! We’ve already got three songs; Serengeti, Mallet Maniacs, and Zombie Dreams. Zombie Dreams has, like, five parts to it. It’s got “Zombie Wakes” which is the beginning, “Zombie Walks” which is the beginning-middle, “Zombie Waltzes” which is the middle, “Zombie Crush” which is the middle-end, and “Zombie Flee” which is the ending. Serengeti is something I’ve been looking forward to for a few years (ever since I heard the eighth graders play it when I was in 5th or 6th grade) and now we get to play it. It has multiple sections, too. There’s Daybreak, Safari, Celebration, and Sunset.
The song I’m looking forward to is a song that they’ve apparently done for years at the Christmas concert. It’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, but it has music. Mr. T gets into a robe and slippers (over his suit) and a chair and footstool is brought out along with a fake fireplace, table, lamp, cookies, and milk. Then he reads the story, stopping for us to play a couple notes or a snippet of a well-known Christmas song.
Honestly I can’t believe this is my last year at middle school. I go to the high school next year! 🙁 I’ll miss the school I go to, but the dress code is easier to find clothes for at high school than my school. At our school we’re required to have shorts that are knee length, shirts that cover the shoulders, shoes that are closed toe and heel (no sandals/flip-flops), no hats, no bra straps showing, all of that is really irritating. Unfortunately a lot of people get away with WAY TOO SHORT dresses and pants. I got in trouble once for wearing a skirt that was two to three inches too short, but these people get away with dresses that go to their mid-thighs. It doesn’t exactly sound fair.
Anyway, I know I haven’t posted in awhile, but the amount of homework that they give in eighth grade is ridiculous! Especially when you miss one day. I can’t imagine what my schedule will be like after I join tech crew for the play this year. Probably: Go to school, stay after until six o’clock, eat, get home ~7PMish, practice for half an hour, do homework until midnight. Seriously! I hope it doesn’t get that bad.
Titanium Girl 😀