Marching Band Research Paper

Success is not a straight line from the bottom up. It is not even close. It is a line that bends, goes straight up then straight back down, loops around, zig-zagging, U-turns. My life has been a rat’s nest of failures and successes. From game winning grand slams and complete blowouts. One of the most defining things of my life was being cut from the the MRHS baseball team.

The summer of my freshman year I decided that I could be on the Freshman football team and be in the MRHS marching band not realizing the time requirements needed for each activity. In the summer I was not the best lineman in the field I was decent. On the other hand in marching band i was a good Trumpet player being the second highest trumpet. Before school started I had to choose which activity to do. I chose marching band because I thought I would be better in the Band.
But when I heard those words “I’m sorry there are no positions here for you on any of the teams” but all I heard was “You are the worst one here even though you worked all year.” For the next few hours i thought to myself that i am am just not meant as an athlete. I loved band no matter if i was the best or the worst in my section. If I was one of the worst I would work hard and get better and it would show. I could hit higher notes and play better. I learned that everyone has their niche and mine was in band I was good and i loved