Chicken Fried Something Something

Hanging out with band parents selling some Chicken Fried Chicken dinners. Pretty much every Friday that we've have a home game, we've eaten some kind of chicken fried animal before the game. I know it sells well for fundraisers, but I'd be ok with a grilled chicken salad fundraiser.

I wrote my first guard show to performed in public this Friday. The girls seem to enjoy it, so hopefully that momentum continues into the spring so we can really train on rifles before I have a fall season full of girls with broken shins, torn hamstrings and bruised toes (yes, I hurt myself again. Shocking.). And besides, I really like spinning so I hope I get to teach it in the spring so I have a reason to keep learning.

Yesterday was a junior high solo contest, so I got to accompany about 15 students. One of the students forgot a line of her music, and when the judge pointed that out at the end the student simply responded, "yeah, I got hit in the head this morning on the way here." Junior high is certainly never boring.

What I have learned so far:

1. Parents are probably the biggest factor in determining the commitment and attitude that their kids have toward band.

2. Coffee is the biggest factor in determining my cheerfulness in 2nd period.

3. Kids will do just about anything for lollipops.

4. Let a 6th grade girl help you do something after school, and she'll be ready to give you her left kidney.

5. If you wear purple 2 days in a row, 6th graders will ask you every day for the next 5 weeks why you're not wearing purple that day.