I could have given up 25% of my band grade to go to all of the KSC regionals for missing festival, but I chose not to do so. I only live two hours from KSC, so I just drove with Kristen (one of my team members and fellow MCHS clarinet person) up the morning after festival and watched the finals on Saturday. I couldn't afford a D in band..my parents would have strangled me.

~Angela who rather liked the 99 she got in band that semester

Same thing happened to me at the VCU Richmond regional. The morning of finals I left at some ungodly early hour, drove down to Jamestown, played my oboe for half an hour, and was able to make it back in time to drive in the semi-finals at VCU. Not that I would speed or anything. ;)

~Tom~, who had a strange feeling going around a corner so he slowed back down into the double digits before passing the cop. :D

Actually, McDonnell is Scottish. I am 1/24 Scottish. :p

i see...well generally anything that starts with "Mc" is considered irish...why else do you think were called mick's?

Hrmm..they way my high school band was run was extermely laid back. Polly part of the reason you will never see NQHS marching in any shows, or big parades, etc. Nope...we are the ghetto band of Massachusetts :) We saunter down the street..not march ;) I didn't have to worry about my band grade all 4 years I've done FIRST.

~ lora

The only band I was ever in was the jazz band, I used to play the piano. I also played the violin. I wanted to join the marching band (someone told me that I could be part of the field crew or pit) but I never had the time to. My marching band went to Walt Disney World every 2 or 3 years to play in the Magic Kingdom. And they usually stayed down there for like 2 weeks. I was always jealous of that, and then I found FIRST. :)

~Christina ºoº

Our band is heading down to Disney about 2 1/2 weeks after I return from nats. I'm still deciding if I should go.

The only problem is trying to fundraise for 2 consecutive trips to the same place.