Left!...Left!...Left! (Boot camp for me and my tuba)

Yes, boot camp. Well you may call it marching band, but after only five days of practice I call it boot camp. Our drill coordinator shouts "Left! Left! Left!" as all us kids jog around the track together. But then add a tuba for more fun.

I have joined the Andover high school marching band for fun, and I really must say, it is fun. I am the only girl tuba player the band has ever known and the other kids are eager to see how I can do. The tuba that I play in the marching band rests on my shoulder, and it weighs 25 pounds. I was REALLY sore the first day of lugging it around for three hours on my shoulder, but now I don't even feel it. ( most likely because it is numb:)

I really can't wait for next practice. Even though there is a lot of pain in starting out, I still am having fun. Our band will play at the foot ball games and in competitions and maybe parades, so many things I have never done before!

Just so you know how to imagine me with my marching tuba I got a picture of one off line. This pic of the tuba is the same sort of tuba I play in the marching band.

(This pic I got off line so the guy in the picture is a random guy, I don't know him.)

This next week is called Heat Week for marching band people because it is the hottest week on average in the year. What makes it important for marchers is the fact that we practice out on the field from 9 a.m to 8 p.m in the hot sun, over and over every day of that week! I still am exited though. Maybe its because I am a rookie and have not experienced it first hand yet;)

Maybe after our first game I can post a video so you can see my band at work. We get better every day. So I have a lot to look forward to this week! I'll be back soon!