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17 Things All Marching Band Kids Know To Be Too True

"Sorry I can't hang out, I have band."

Vidita Kanniks

Feb 15, 2016

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17 Things All Marching Band Kids Know To Be Too True

Let's be real, it's not just a "extracurricular activity," it's a way of life. #bandgeeks4life

1. They're not tan lines. They're band lines.

2. Wondering if 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. band camp (in both ridiculously hot and cold temperatures) is borderline child-abuse.

3. Forgetting about all of these contemplations when you're having the time of your life during competition trips. (No champagne showers though, of course).

4. Nothing like those good old, eight-plus hour bus rides with hundreds of your closest friends.

5. The pit kids are kinda weird. It's like an always standing rule and it always proves to be true. Just a very strange group of people.

6. Leaving to go to school in the morning and going straight to the band room, instead of your first period classroom because TBH the band room is second-home.

7. Lying on the floor of said band room and realizing that it's soaked in spit. (OK, condensation, whatever).

8. That moment when you know the show so well that you can actually sing your entire part. And everyone else does it too, and it's awesome.

9. When the season is over and you're sitting at home after school like "What is free time..."

10. Being friends with directors basically means you're in with the cool kids.

11. When normal high-school kids ask you about your "feather hat" and you're like, "um are you referring to my shako and plume because I have no knowledge of this feather hat you speak of."

12. Bless band moms and all the wonderful snacks they bring to band camp. Bless.

13. Wondering why only the drum-line is somehow seen as super-mega-awesome, yet the rest of band is still a "cult."

14. Realizing that everyone has dated everyone and it's low-key incestual, because band is basically fam.

15. 6 p.m. rehearsal. Arriving at 5:45 = on time. Arriving at 6 = late. Dishonor.

16. That feeling of anxiety you get when you realize you're not going to see band-fam 24/7 anymore after the season is over.

17. And the immediate wave of relief you feel when you realize that there's always next year #pumped.

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"Sorry I can't hang out, I have band."

1. They're not tan lines. They're band lines.

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6. Leaving to go to school in the morning and going straight to the band room, instead of your first period classroom because TBH the band room is second-home.

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8. That moment when you know the show so well that you can actually sing your entire part. And everyone else does it too, and it's awesome.

9. When the season is over and you're sitting at home after school like "What is free time..."

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11. When normal high-school kids ask you about your "feather hat" and you're like, "um are you referring to my shako and plume because I have no knowledge of this feather hat you speak of."

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13. Wondering why only the drum-line is somehow seen as super-mega-awesome, yet the rest of band is still a "cult."

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16. That feeling of anxiety you get when you realize you're not going to see band-fam 24/7 anymore after the season is over.

17. And the immediate wave of relief you feel when you realize that there's always next year #pumped.

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