If you've ever been to high school football games, you know how exciting it can get. You'd know this especially if you were ever a part of the band at said games. The cheerleaders' shrill yelling doesn't always do well to make the audience excited. This is where the band comes in. When 100 or so people are cheering the same thing together, it's almost futile to resist joining in.
When you're in the band, cheering, then you don't even care half the time what's happening in the game, as long as your home team's winning.
Then the first half ends.
You know what happens after that, yes?
This is when the band proudly takes the field, marching with spunk to opening set. The announcer calls, "For your halftime entertainment, this is the ___insert school name here___ Marching ___insert mascot here___!!"
The drum majors wave their arms and start the show, as everyone in the band takes a deep breath.
Then it begins.
The audience then is treated to a high-energy, loud performance. Brass instruments blast out sound, woodwinds aren't heard, and the drum-liners beat their instruments intensely, making everyone wish they'd joined percussion when they had the chance back in middle school.
Shapes are formed by the bodies on the field, creating interesting visuals. Feet march in time to the music.
All the movement and sound blend together to create a great form of entertainment that cannot be challenged by anything at the time. The only thing band members are thinking about is where to go next, and what to play next. They get in the special "zone" that is created by using their brain more than average human beings.
In a sense, they become super-humans.
Well, perhaps not.
Then, before you know it, halftime is over. The band returns to the stands, and things continue on as they were before, & everyone resumes their hoping for the team they love to win.
~Remica
