Community Band Kid

they/them, Ohio, class of 22 Concert, Symphonic, Marching, Pep Cleveland Pride Band

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I love Bluecoats GoPro videos (creds: Jacob Ellgass on YouTube)

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Real picture me holding back the urge to say “me too” when the conductor says “this is a major ritard”

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I have never done solo and ensemble (an honors requirement) and I still received full credit for the last four semesters of symphonic band honors. Get FUCKED.

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No audio, unfortunately, but here’s a clip from us practicing in class yesterday, day of our holiday concert. Take a wild guess what song it was.

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No audio, unfortunately, but here’s a clip from us practicing in class yesterday, day of our holiday concert. Take a wild guess what song it was.

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Shoutout to the Arab girl in a sea of white band kids who says “here” during bus attendance whenever the chaperones pause.

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Welcome to my clarinet section. Here we have:

- the late bloomer emo section leader that brings random produce to potlucks (me)

- the gay pothead that doesn’t want to be here but was in band for 8 years and cried at senior night

- the other section leader that can be mistaken for a freshman and joined the day of kickoff night as a freshman despite never playing an instrument

- the tall dude with broken hips who manages to be louder than everyone

- the antisocial kid who may or may not have had a hit list in middle school but he’s gotten better and is not homophobic, just closeted

- the trans guy who gaslit everyone into thinking he was always male and is also allergic to everything but eats the thing she shouldn’t have anyways

- the clone of an alumni that I forget is younger than me

- the twin who I thought was just in two sections and never mentioned it who is apparently very loud but I’ve never heard him speak

- salad boy who materializes next to people randomly and has almost been killed by me by accident on a few times due to his peanut allergy

- sheltered girl who’s the embodiment of 2014 tumblr but in an innocent way

- tall awkward guy with the same exact first and last name as a senior

Honorable mentions:

- the flamboyant ginger closeted MCR fan who is now drum major and brought lettuce to 2 games this year

- my ex girlfriend who joined colorguard and has definitely forgotten how to play clarinet by now

- the girl who never showed up, quit, and posted about how much she missed band on Snapchat

- the 4’10 girl that was supposed to be our section leader and then disappeared

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One of the saxes was giving out info about his potluck for this Friday and you can imagine how 130 high schoolers reacted when he revealed that it’s being catered by BJs

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For our tradition of harassing new members awake in the early hours of band camp day one, my section decided to recruit a 2021 graduate that hasn’t been in the clarinet section since their freshman year to help terrorize. They decided that a great addition to our props and decorations would be an encased crawfish named “Screaming Craig.” There are no words to describe the fear I felt looking in my rear view mirror and seeing them driving behind me holding Screaming Craig out the sunroof of their car.

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Out of nowhere one of our junior clarinets said that a senior clarinet is a cuck. No explanation, no reasoning. Simply wanted to say so.

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After each day of band camp we meet at a place and hang out. First day was Buffalo Wild Wings, to which another senior in my section stated he would not be attending because he is “scared of that establishment.” He did not elaborate and still hasn’t. What did he do.

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Nothing says good morning happy first day of band camp like rolling into the school parking lot blasting a 10 hour loop of penis music

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Our tradition is to show up at the ass crack of dawn to each new member of our section’s house and surprise them before handing them a costume and making them wear it throughout the first day of band camp. Front ensemble decided that shirts that say “I ❤️ MILFs and DILFs” was the way to go.

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Our visual instructor decided that of all words he could use to describe how he wanted us to move, “explode with release,” was somehow a good choice. Kyle we are high schoolers you know exactly what we were thinking.

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My sophomore year there were plenty of theories on the relations of our then percussion instructor, student teacher, and visual instructor. The “do you think they’ve explored each other’s bodies?” me gave me a great opportunity and behold, the stars aligned and I was able to find a picture of the three of them together within minutes.

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Didn’t mean to let this page go dead. I’ve got plenty to post for my final year in band :,)

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In honor of trans day of visibility:

During our first contest my friend’s opening set was near the drumline and he heard them chanting this as they counted off and yea there’s definitely a reason we won best percussion TWICE this season because they really are great. In more ways than one.

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I was wondering why I had so many notifications on here. Forgot I posted this last year. I got to hear the drumline actually say it during my season this year. Highlight of my junior season tbh