It is band-camp season, guys, and no, band camp doesn't look like "American Pie 2." Here are 124 things that truly represent band camp.

1. Sunscreen for days.
2. People complaining about sunburns because they didn't put sunscreen on -- even when you offered some to them.
3. Tan-line competitions.
4. SOOOOO much water.
5. Eating so much food at lunch you think you will barf.
6. Humidity. I am basically swimming to my sets here guys.
7. Dr. Beat (a.k.a. the dirtiest words ever).
8. Sore feet. Whether you march on asphalt or grass your feet feel like they are going to fall off -- especially when they get burned through the soles of your shoes.
9. "Just one more time" -- LIES!
10. Sweat-bees. "Well just stop sweating." THAT DOESN'T WORK!
11. People complaining about their chops even though they said they 'practiced.'
12. Instructors yelling.
13. Guard yelling.
14. Percussion yelling.
15. Band director yelling.
16. Drum major(s) yelling.
17. Section leaders yelling.
18. Everyone else wishing people would just stop yelling.
19. Floppy hats (for those who are actually worried about skin cancer).
20. Sunglasses.
21. Freaking out because you lost your sunglasses.
22. Gush and go.
23. Fighting over shade.
24. Praying for a water break.
25. Praying for rain.
26. Then having to march in the rain (sorry to everyone but the brass and drumline).
27. Woodwinds complaining about their pads being ruined from humidity and rain.
28. Instrument cleaning parties.
29. Learning how to tell time by the angle of the sun. #oldschool
30. Boys in short shorts.
31. The constant sound of drummers drumming.
32. People complaining about the heat.
33. People complaining about being hungry.
34. People complaining about being tired.
35. People who tell those complaining that they will end their misery for them.
36. Loving your show music.
37. Having the same songs stuck in your head for an eternity.
38. Hating your show music.
39. Debating which Drum Corps is the best.
40. Listening to someone talk about "that one Phantom Show with the slaves from 2008!" They literally know no other drum corps or drum corps shows and don't even know that this show was called Spartacus.
41. Listening to your band director tell you that you could be as good as drum corps if you tried.
42. Knowing that you can't be as good as drum corps because you have people who pass out after running the show once.
43. People passing out like flies.
44. People who fake illnesses to get out of marching.
45. Basic block = torture.
46. Drill downs.
47. Winning a drill down and feeling like you could conquer the world.
48. Walking everywhere in step with your friends.
49. Bon Jovi Basic Block Fridays.
50. Gock Block/Jam Block being pounded on obnoxiously close to your ears.
51. "Friendly" competition for solos.
52. Brass telling woodwinds that they weren't meant for marching band.
53. Woodwinds not caring.
54. Sousaphones wanting to strangle flutes who complain about holding their instrument up.
55. All the "cool" band kids actually do the "silly" themed dress days.
56. Bandanna. Bandannas everywhere.
57. Fighting over who landed on the wrong dot.
58. Matching section apparel.
59. Wishing you played the piccolo.
60. Wondering why your band even has a piccolo.
61. Running over instructors who get in your way.
62. Going out of your way to run over the instructors for fun.
63. Setting seven alarms so you will be there on time so you don't have to run laps.
64. Percussion at 8 a.m. Ugggggggh.
65. Cheery instructors who are happy at 8 a.m.
66. Sectionals.
67. Nap time during sectionals when you can get away with it.
68. Extra rehearsals.
69. Making your music up.
70. Being super happy you were actually kind of close to what is on the page.
71. Instrument cleaning parties.
72. Movie nights with friends.
73. Being exhausted the next day, but deciding it was totally worth it.
74. Sometimes wishing that your school only had a concert band.
75. Fighting with the football field for use of the field.
76. Telling the football team that 'at least we win trophies!'
77. Getting told that is isn't nice to tell the football team that because it hurts their feelings.
78. Guard girls giggling and you aren't sure why.
79. Pretty sure it is because I look ridiculous right now.
80. Attempting to cover four yards in 16 counts because the drill is crazy.
81. Having to jazz run.
82. Being thankful you don't have to jazz run with a sousaphone.
83. Sousaphones dying while trying to jazz run.
84. Saxophones complaining about their neck strap tan lines.
85. Attempting to swap instruments without getting caught.
86. Inevitably getting caught.
87. Being grateful that you play your instrument instead of such and such woodwind/percussion/brass.
88. Marching your crappy school horn so your nice horn doesn't get ruined.
89. Being fully prepared for band camp.
90. Having to run because one person talked during silent rehearsal.
91. Giving that person silent treatment for rest of week.
92. Well not really, but you thought about it.
93. Having to march around (or on top of) cars parked on your practice lot.
94. Doing so with a bit of pleasure.
95. Band romances that last a week with drama that lasts the school year.
96. Band director calling y'all a big family.
97. Laughing at all of the "incest" that takes place in that big family.
98. Seniors being over band camp - freshmen being confused all of band camp.
99. Doing another run of the show because someone held over the last note.
100. Dodging guard equipment.
101. Secretly wanting to try to spin a flag/rifle/saber.
102. Getting yelled at when you do spin flag/rifle/saber by the guard instructor.
103. Wishing your show wasn't so freakin' long.
104. Wishing the drum-line could keep a steady beat.
105. Looking ridiculous attempting to do whatever visual your director dreamed up.
106. Falling flat on face while trying to do said visual.
107. Circle drill.
108. Company front.
109. Watch your horn angles! and Roll your feet! are the most said words during the week.
110. Besides "The ground isn't gonna move guys!"
111. Being fitted for dorky uniforms that are 100 percent wool.
112. Wearing a silly hat.
113. Being proud of your silly hat.
114. Burning up in the uniform in August.
115. Freezing in the uniform in November.
116. Attempting to tune the entire band during a heat wave.
117. Weird fashion trends that sweep the band. Mustache Mondays? Check.
118. Marching competitions.
119. Love of pep band...well mostly.
120. Difference in niceness from instructors - beginning of season to the end.
121. Wanting to quit.
122. Never wanting to give it up.
123. Hating band life.
124. Loving band life.