High School Band Experience Essay

Being a part of the Temple High School Band has greatly impacted my educational and life choices. Being involved in band has taught me how to have better time management, multitask, be reliable and be able to work great in a team. Being involved in band is a great way to enhance many personal skills. By having to go to sectionals and marching band rehearsals, it shows how flexible one must be in order to function well in an activity. Luckily for me, it worked out great since I normally go to sleep early. By having to wake up early and arrive at school, it has made me become more of a morning person. I am a very dedicated person who arrives at a timely manner to any and all things band related. I have made a good relationship with my directors
I have no idea where I would be without having learned life lessons through music in this band program. I would highly encourage students participating in middle school band to continue it in high school. Middle school band is nothing compared to the passion and warmth they would feel in being a part of such a greatly united group of individuals like a high school band. If one would be able to have the opportunity to be in the high school band, I would encourage them to do so. After attending it for at least a year, they would immediately see a change. High schoolers are more passionate, and caring for the world of music and that makes such a drastic difference between the two schools. I have learned that being united in such a way like band, we are all required for excellence. In the first half of the year, with football season, marching band is the best. When someone in our band is absent, their spot in the marching show is a hole, which causes holes in the pictures we create. It causes that section of the band to be one person less. Being a part of the marching band has caused a need for time and scheduling management. We need to learn of important dates, such as football games, along with other