"The aim should not be victory, but progress."

So, as you all may have heard from my previous blog, our band's first competition was on Saturday. First, we went to OCHS to compete, and then came home to AHS to host our annual marching classic. I was very nervous for my first competition as a part of the colorguard-- but, surprisingly, things went better than I thought they would. Both the band and the colorguard(above) ranked first in our class (AAAAA), and 2nd overall. We took home the Reserved Grand Champion trophy! It was almost surreal to have done so well at our first competition. Usually we place near the lower end of the rankings. Needless to say, we didn't this time. I have a feeling that this is going to be a good year for our marching band. Never before have we had so much motivation to work as hard as we are working now, and never before has that hard work actually paid off. Things are finally looking up.
Maybe now, we'll make a name for ourselves.