“We may not win state this year, or two or four years from now, but we will win state one day because of what you guys did on that field tonight.”  -Lancaster


I don’t think I will ever understand the magnitude of what our band did yesterday.  When we marched out of finals, everyone started crying because we knew how amazing we just performed.  Never had our show reached that level of greatness.  We huddled together and Lancaster gave us the pep talk that I quoted.  We did something amazing Tuesday.  All those tears listening to Lancaster foreshadowed more tears of joy to come.  I haven’t stopped crying yet, and its been almost a full day since we heard who won. I can honestly say that yesterday was the happiest day of my 16 years of life.


I am so proud of every band kid.  This year made us even more great.  I can’t fathom what two years from now will be like if we improve at the same speed as we have been.  I really don’t know what to say…Winning state is just a far away dream.  It hasn’t sunk in.  My brain can’t comprehend what happened last night.  I think about all those hours put in and all the stress that went along with band.  I know now that is was entirely worth the brutal season.  It never really mattered how we turned out in finals.  What made last night amazing was that we did the best show we have ever done in the history of Dripping Springs.  And that is good enough for me.

We did it.