The Band Who Changed My Life

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Family is defined as “a group of people related to each other. Although, family isn’t necessarily based on who you’re blood related to, nor who you’ve known the longest, but by who you can count on and who you love unconditionally. From the people you’ve come to know for years and even the people you’ve known for a few months, the impact that those individuals can make in your life can change your whole perspective on what a real family is. This is created by the respect and bond between people. Meeting new people is a step forward to building a family, for me, being apart of the band has made an enormous impact on who I am today. It has taught me how people should be treated, and that everyone is always going to be there for you …show more content…

They walk into this program not knowing what they’re really in for, some don’t stick around long enough to see what we’re all about but the ones who do stay help this family build stronger than it already was. The band contains people who know you inside and out, for the good and the bad, through the good and the bad, they will always love you for you. Being a junior, this is my third year being apart of this program and it has taught me to never give up on what I want. What we want as a whole is to be the best at what we do best. Marching band gives people opportunities to find themselves and to strive for excellence through the power of music. This family lets people be who they want to be whether it’s playing an instrument or tossing a flag. Band is where you treat every performance as if it were being profiled and adjudicated, it’s giving it your all and striving to be the best no matter what you’re doing, you have to want to be the best in order to be the …show more content…

They’re the ones who lift you up off the ground and tell you to try again when you fail. A family makes adjustments to your performances to help you be the best and make it to the top. These days it’s hard to trust anyone, even true blood related family, which is why I believe it is appropriate to claim the band as m family. Spending numerous days and nights with such a wild yet caring organization helps you realize that these are the people who make your world go round, this is what keeps you going when everything else goes wrong. Band is not just a crowd of geeks who play instruments around the field and on stage, band is an organization that doesn’t give up on you when everyone else does, these are the real heros in my life. Although it may be quite a large amount and I definitely don’t know all of them to a personal extent, but all 330 of those individuals make up my home away from home. They’re the reason I do my best on and off the field. This band is my family, they’re just my different

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