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One time on tour, I think after the Allentown show, I ate 7 turkey sandwiches and a cup of ramen just because I could. I had zero regrets.

#it was glorious #pc2013 #tour memories #drum corps

an honest shout out to me because i just remembered i never got cut from a part this summer.

i mean, that's pretty neato burrito for someone who had never picked up a brass instrument until april.

i also worked very, very hard.

#personal #pc2013 #go meeeee!

Which corps are you auditioning for this season? - Pacific Crest @ Pacific Procession 2013

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idk maybe cause you did it for a boy you met on the internet who you'll probably be breaking up with eventually

(This person messaged me after I made this post)

Normally, I like to lightly play off anons and make some joke about what they say. But this one really actually offended me.

I did not do drum corps for Ethan. I was already looking to join a corps somewhere. I was originally planning at auditioning at Academy and Spirit for the 2014 season, and I had wanted to do drum corps since my sophomore year of high school in 2009. Ethan and I started talking well after I had made my mind up about doing corps. Ethan, along with CJ and videos of PC from years past, are what really got me into doing PC, and as I’ve said many times before, I decided to email one of our brass caption heads. Ethan had actually suggested that I try out for the 2014 season. And mind you, we were not serious at the time. We had literally only started talking a week or 2 before that.

I didn’t have to go to PC camps when Brad emailed me back. He simply invited me to start training with PC, I was not invited to be a member or even have an audition. There was no guarantee I would ever become a member. But I went anyway, because I knew that this was my shot to get into drum corps, even it was just for some training. I did not go to PC to see Ethan, but it was really nice getting to meet him there I admit. I went to that first camp for me. I went to that first camp because drum corps was my dream.

I did not have to go to PC camps every weekend for 6 weeks, not knowing if I’d ever become a member. I did not have to drive from Arizona to California and back all that time. I did that because I wanted to. I did that because after the first camp I went to, I wanted to be a part of Pacific Crest. I went back every weekend because I felt that the people at PC were my family. I had no idea if I was even going to go on tour. I was going to be devastated if I wasn’t though; I had put in so much time and hard work at that point.

When I became a member and I went on tour, I was proud of myself because I was a member of Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps. I worked my ass off to get a contract. I switched instruments. I learned my new drill within 4 days. I didn’t work my ass off for 6 weeks so I could fucking date Ethan. Ethan and I could have worked things out had I not gone on tour. We had already been planning to simply see each other at Southwest Corps Connection and continue talking before I had even thought of going to PC. There was no “if you don’t do PC we can’t be together”. We could have figured out a different way. And by the fucking way, me and Ethan are in a very, very healthy relationship, despite the distance. We plan on being together for a very, very long time. So take your negativity (and probably jealously) somewhere else.

During tour, I fully admit that I relied on Ethan many days for support. He is my best friend and I needed that support for I was going through. I rolled my ankle (which got worse for before it even got to the point where it was bearable, but I marched with it anyway), I sprained my wrist, got the flu, got ridiculously dehydrated, found out I have asthma, got a non-contagious upper respiratory virus that knocked the life out of me for 2 days, hurt my knee, got an upper left rhomboid strain in my back, and a knot slightly bigger than the size of a quarter. And I went through a ton of emotional strain throughout tour as well, and I needed someone there for me, and Ethan was. And honestly, when Ethan couldn’t be, my section and the staff were very understanding and helpful. But I think everyone needs someone to lean on during times of trouble. Ethan was that someone for me.

At the end of the season, when we stood huddled up and sang our corps song “Ave Maria” together, I did not cry because I wasn’t going to see Ethan everyday like I had all summer, I fucking bawled my eyes out because I was so damn proud of myself and my corps family, and I knew that drum corps was the best thing I had ever done in my entire life so far. I don’t wear my corps necklace everyday because it reminds me Ethan. I wear my corps necklace everyday because I love Pacific Crest and everything drum corps did for me with all my heart. I love what I did all summer, and no one can take that away from me.

I did drum corps for ME. Don’t you DARE try to tell me I did it for someone else.

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