Pep Band Speech

The smell of popcorn and sound of music waft and reverberate through the stands as the crowd cheers and roars at the players below, exclaiming ooh’s and ahh’s with each point made by their home team. The music grows and the fans sing along, joyous of the touchdown made; the final winning point. Of course, the players are praised, and lifted high with the viewer’s gratitude, but the music has softened now and slowly forgotten. The praise doesn’t reach those players ears, and they pack up their own weapons of sport and leave quietly. They had worked hard, and played their music with great enthusiasm but when the time comes for them to ask for help, they will be drowned out by the sport player’s fame and grandeur. The Pep band, its own team in its own sport, will not be appreciated, and left in the background once more. Even so,
They boost their morale, using just as much energy to entertain the crowd and energize the atmosphere, but the school does not treat our band with as much gratitude as it should. We constantly find ourselves in need of instruments for new players, equipment for our room, and funding for projects to better ourselves, but we are always last in line for our school’s help. There is no reason for this, for the Pep band is just as important as the Football Team or Cheerleaders. We should not have to beg or grovel for the things that we need to support or sports teams, and we should be taken into consideration with total sincerity because without our Pep Band, who is to keep out teams going? We provide life to the games as well as entertainment, but this will begin to dwindle if the school continues to forget us and fail to supply what we require to remain the band that we are. We are important, and like any other group in this school, we deserve to be loved as much as anyone