Started by: Lori Dyer
- When you hear music and you start marking time.
- When you walk behind someone and you’re in step with them.
- When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.
- When all your friends are in the band.
- When you don’t mind changing clothes on the bus.
- When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio.
- When every guy/girl you’re interested in is in the band.
- When you like wearing your uniform.
- When people ask you about your social life and you say, “Oh, you mean my flute/trumpet/drum/etc.?”
- When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory.
- When someone hits a wrong note and you chew them out for an hour.
- When you practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog.
- When being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life.
- When people worry when they see you without you instrument.
- When “armed guard,” means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a gun.
- When band camp is FUN.
- When you answer to “Band Nerd.”
- When someone says the words “atten hut” and you automatically put your head up.
- When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name.
- When you dress the lunch line, and urge others to do the same.
- When your mouth is frozen to your mouth piece, and it feels normal.
- When left slides or right back slides feel normal.
- When your instrument has a name.
- When you remember your instrument’s birthday and forget your mom’s.
- When making a line is you biggest accomplishment of the day.
- When back marching no longer reminds you of ballet.
- When you give your instrument a birthday party.
- When you can make white shoes look black.
- When your uniform fits.
- When black feathers become a fashion “do”.
- When you see your section more than you see your family.
- When everyone wants to kill the other football team…and you want to kill the other band.
- When you have dreams about early morning marching band.
- When you think morning practices should start a half-hour earlier.
- When you accidentally call your band director “Dad”.
- When you CAN sight-read.
- When you can put on you uniform in less than 10 minutes.
- When reeds taste good.
- When you have a band song stuck in your head, and you tap your foot to the beat.
- When you think your plume is alive.
- When marking time is your favorite form of exercise.
- When you have a neck strap/harness tan line.
- When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.
- When numbers past 8 aren’t important.
- When you’re more opinionated about the Madison vs. American Fork Bands than the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
- When you roll-step through the cafeteria so you don’t spill your lunch.
- When you’d rather practice than read this list.
- When letters past G aren’t important.
- When the only class you look forward to is band.
- When you actually like marching band and would kill to do it all year long.
- When you wonder what life would be like if you weren’t in band.
- When you roll step while you walk to class.
- When you major in music.
- When you use your high school band director as a role model.
- When those stupid “band humor” jokes are the funniest things you’ve ever heard.
- When you pick the instruments from the music in cartoons.
- When you start screaming “LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!” to the people that walk in front of you on the way to class.
- When you’ve dated everyone in the band and now wonder if you’re ever going to have another date.
- When you think the trumpeters have a right to be egotistical.
- When you don’t think the flutist have a slight attitude problem.
- When you change your instrument to the tuba.
- When you have perfect pitch.
- When the band director is always right.
- When you marry that special someone in your section.
- When you have kids and force them to be in music.
- When you get the jokes on this list.
- when you aren’t sure which is more dangerous a girl with a flag or a guy with a gun!