AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! WE MADE IT TO STATE!!!!!!!! Ok, ok… calm…. ;-) Whew!! Ok, if anyone may remember, I wrote about The S Word in one of my blogs a few months ago… ‘S’ THEN meaning school! ;-) Now, it means something 100,000,000 times better! STATE!!!! We had one of our best shows last night, in my opinion, and we got rewarded for it!! As a freshman, I get that I may be taking this just a little too seriously, but…. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! WE MADE IT TO STATE!!! Ok, ok, calm… ;-) Marching off that field, I was grinnin’ like a fool, and I though my heart was gonna burst from pride of my band family! I came off that field watching people smile, laugh, cry and even sob with the energy and emotion of the moment! That 7 1/2 minutes changed lives…. as extremely band nerd-ish and over exaggerated as that sounds.. ;-) Every single one of us (as Mr. Woods so brilliantly put) “marched with our minds, played with our hearts, and bared our souls”!!! We overcame fatigue, cold, heat, injuries, illnesses, extreme stress, physical weakness, and more importantly, mental weakness! We made a talented, moving, exciting, respected band out of average high school students… I DARE you to say that’s not the product of miracle workers!! A HUGE, gracious thank you from ALL the band to OUR miracle workers… ALL the band directors, marching and pit techs, Band Boosters, band helpers, and band parents!!!!! We would have NEVER been able to do ANY of this without you!!! From this humble freshman to all the band family… AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! WE MADE IT TO STATE!!! ;-) And to think… all this, and I haven’t even GONE to state yet!!! ;-) On we roll to the Alamodome!!!