Tonight was my senior run through in marching band.
I started out as a freshmen on prop line aka the back sideline for half of the show. Now I barely get a break in the show & that's just the way I want it. I have legitamately put my heart and soul into this activity and senior run though could not have turned out more perfect if I tried.
For the record senior run through is when only the seniors of the band play the whole show. Bianca unfortunately couldn't make it, she's new this year but just hurt her back today and is resting for championships saturday. So me, tori, and courtney did the show as the only guard girls. Tori & I have been in this together since the beginning & that run was ijfdlkjsihfadj <3
I was sick and utterly exhausted, my headband fell out of my bag and got broken (it's my mom's btw & if she finds out I'm dead), and I dropped a toss I usually never do during ensemble so I was really scared about how the run was going to go, especially cause we had just done a full run before that.
But, it was perfect <3 I didn't even try to be angry too much & I know I could have performed better if my body wasn't running on empty, but I didn't have to try. It just all came naturally and I smiled, fuck it, it's my senior run, it was one of the most fun & emotional things I've ever done & I smiled damnit! XD How could I not after all with the sound of the whole band, techs, and everyone screaming, cheering, and applauding for us!?
On top of that! Tori, Courtney, & I changed the double rifle work cause all our partners were underclassmen and instead during the 24 counts we tossed the rifles to each other until we got our own back. It worked perfect and I think the crowd really liked it!
Oh! BTW! This was the first year our band director invited people, so family, friends, & alumni all came out to see it!
Afterwards our band director thanked us for bringing back senior run to what it should be and said that after watching us he would never doubt our abilities. Let me tell you how I was fighting to hold back tears hiding behind my silks & poles. And when he called us to attention, right before, he said "make it the best one yet" and you best believe I did. I was so choked up I couldn't even scream "ROYALS!". It just kinda popped out in a little squeal.
After dismissal Emily came and hugged me from behind while I was hugging someone else & goes "now can I get a real hug?!" with this big smile on her face & we hugged and she asked me if I heard her and how she screamed my name a couple times. I don't know why but that just meant alot to me. Me & that girl have been through alot & I know damn well I'm a better spinner because of her & I will greatly miss spinning with her<3
Btw! Before Practice! Our one tech who's been helping this season, Danielle, gave us little presents: a poem which I shall post & a hand painted black wooden picture fram that says UDCG in silver and Room 237 in red. She says we just have to get a group picture saturday at championships and she will print them out nicely for us to put in XD
Words cannot express the pure, raw emotion I'm feeling right now. When you find something you love as much as I love band and have come to connect with so many people in it, there's nothing wrong with crying when it's almost over.
The Upper Darby Marching Royals 2011 seniors in Room 237:
and very luckily, me, Avonlea Bond
I'll forever remember this year as my favorite year. We've grown so much and nothing will ever be able to compare to what I've experienced. Thank each and every one of you for being apart of my life in this way. I could never repay you <3
UPPER DARBY MARCHING ROYALS!!!! <3333333
