Jul 25, 2025
GUYS GUYS IM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!! IM GOING TO SEE DCI FINALS IN AUGUST!! AND ON TOP OF THAT, MY FAVORITE DRUMCORP IS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL!!!!!!!! (phantom reg)
RAHHH IM SO FUCKING HYPEDDDD
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GUYS GUYS IM SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!!! IM GOING TO SEE DCI FINALS IN AUGUST!! AND ON TOP OF THAT, MY FAVORITE DRUMCORP IS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL!!!!!!!! (phantom reg)
RAHHH IM SO FUCKING HYPEDDDD
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I started working on this remix in November of 2016. Anyone care to venture a guess what motivated me?
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My therapist wanted me to connect with some of my old hobbies, things I had fallen out of because of the depression and anxiety tied to my c-ptsd. He wanted me to, especially, reconnect with things that made me feel good about myself, made me feel proud and capable. One of those things is marching band. Marching band gave me a sense of community and comradarie that I’ve never felt in anything else in my life. I was good at what I was doing. I worked until I became drum major. I was part of something important that made beautiful and powerful art. I made solid, lasting friends, and was able to work with people from all walks of life. And when I became drum major, I was able to win the respect of people who had previously disliked me, or were in opposing “cliques”. People who would normally never associate with each other were able to overcome those differences, pull out their instruments, roll their sleeves up, and work together to create something we could all be proud of. It makes my throat tighten and my eyes water remembering what it felt like, what it meant to a kid who had been told her artistic talents were useless, and she was useless by proxy. Obviously, now I’m far too old for marching band. Even drum corps. My college aspirations were dashed when I was corps age, so I missed that boat. Because of that, I never really felt like I got closure on that part of my life. But, on a whim, I happened upon the marching band pages on tumblr. I can’t say that it’s been all rainbows and sunshine in delving back into marching band stuff, even if it’s just looking at posts and memes. It’s very bittersweet for me. I want nothing more, some days, to bust my instrument out, find a band somewhere and crash their rehearsal, movie style. Of course, unlike a movie, I couldn’t give a moving speech about lost dreams to get myself out of being forcibly removed by the police XD I briefly thought about volunteering at my highschool, as an assistant for my former band instructor, but he’s not doing field shows anymore. He says he can’t get enough students interested in marching band. The experience has been bittersweet. I’ve gotten to watch a lot of DCI videos, read a lot of jokes and memes, read posts from people having problems in their own bands at the moment. Sometimes I want to reply to those posts to give advice, but I always feel like I’d be intruding. So I don’t. But I wish I could. Anyway, I’m just rambling at this point. I’m glad I found the marching band community on tumblr. Even though it’s been a mixed bag of happiness and sadness, it’s still been a good experience.
I am in love with the explanations people are coming up with for describing what drum corps is.
I am dying. xD