Band Night

Well last night was band night. Every year, the High School Marching Band invites the 7th & 8th graders to march over to the high school and participate in the football game with them. This is Tiffs 2nd year going. It's a lot of fun.
When middle school lets out, the kids go to the band room and change. Then they take all of their things and march next door to the high school. They go to the auditorium where they meet the band director and some of the section leaders of the marching band. Then each section goes out with the high school kids. They tell the middle school kids what is expected of them in the band etc.
After that, it's dinner time. The HS band director said that with both bands and parent volunteers, they were feeding over 300 people. We were told that our band director brought over 104 students. That's a lot. We were also told that about 60 are 8th graders. Most plan on going to marching band next year. Tiff being one of them.
After dinner, the HS kids got their uniforms on and the MS kids got their instruments. Then it was warm up time. The MS kids mingled in with the HS kids. They did some warm up exercises. It sounded really good.
Then it was time to march to the field. The MS kids got to sit in the stand with the HS kids. They got to play a few of the songs in the stands. Then at 1/2 time they got to watch the HS bands perform. Our HS is amazing. I'm excited for Tiff to be joining next year.
Thankfully this year the game was good. Our team won. The kids had a great time. It was a long night, but fun.
Here is a slideshow of the night. Enjoy!