Narrative Essay On Marching Band

Let us start at the beginning. I first met Mr. Parker in 8th grade when he came to talk to the class about marching band. At the time, I was thinking, “OH NOOOOO! I can’t do band. He’s going to be rough on me!” I was terrified of Mr. Parker at the time. He came up to me and asked if I was going to do marching band, and I told him, “I’m not sure yet. I might do football.” I knew I didn’t want to do marching if I didn’t have to. Then he showed us a DCI show in our band class and I about lost it. It was amazing to see these marching bands play so well and march all of these cool figurations. I was an amazed 8th grader at that time. I later told my section leader that I was going to do marching band, and Mr. Parker took a chance on me and let me play the first part for the show. I wasn’t sure how to react all I knew was I better get to practicing. Fast forward to my first solo and ensemble. I remember the bus ride coming home as a time that I figured out that Mr. Parker is a cool dude, and also that “Yes Noah. My wife does wear the pants.” From here on out Mr. Parker and I have had a closer relationship and I would trust him with anything. …show more content…
This year Mr. Parker has pushed me as a person and a trumpet player. When he gave me this year’s show music, I thought that he was crazy. He had given me all high C’s basically and I thought I was going to die, but then I saw that I had solo’s I was like, “SCORE!” This past marching season he also made me learn how to lead a section that is normally full of trouble, but with his help made it so this year the trumpet section was one of the better sections on the field. Not only was marching band amazing, but he also gave Hunter, Noah, John, and me opportunities outside of the school to play as ensembles, and personally as a

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