As I pulled into the church parking lot a few weeks ago, this song by Metallica was playing on my car radio. Fitting, as I was arriving to my first bell choir rehearsal. Thus begins yet another musical adventure. We'll be playing at this Sunday's service, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm just glad that they placed me on a base clef part. That helped me get up to speed in a hurry, which was great.
The Marching Ravens deal is still going great. I missed a game last week, and I was really missing it. I kept looking at my watch, wondering what the band was doing at that moment. I found myself whistling the fight song as the start of the game neared. I was asked to give a little feedback at the rehersal before the game I would miss, as I had to sit out of the drill. It was neat being back on that side of things, even for a day. I got to see a lot of great things going on, and saw the director and drum major's view, which helps put the entire picture together. It was eye opening in a positive way. I personally hope that we can improve as the season goes on. How good can we be? If our performances were being scored, would out scores go up throughout the season? Would it be worth it to have our performances on video to review? Recorded to hear? How many of us would work hard to improve? Personally, I want to be a guy who is a professional representative of the Marching Ravens... Professional in work ethic at rehearsals and during performances, musicianship and teamwork. Most importantly, I just want to be better tomorrow than I am today, and better today than I was yesterday.
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