Personal Narrative: The Failures Of All-Region Band

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The Failures of All-Region Band: A Time when I was Unsuccessful in Achieving my Goal

In life, no matter how many achievements a person earns, they will never be able to win them all. I learned that lesson when I competed to be the best at the all-region band competition. My life has been a good one and I have always been one of the best alto saxophone players in my town. But I realized that even though I was the best player in my town, that it did not mean that I was the best one in my district.

On a brisk colorful morning my life had taken a turn for the better, or so I thought. As I walked through the band hall doors, I was thinking about how much band meant to me and how good a saxophone player I was. My thoughts got interrupted by my band director, as she asked me if I wanted to try out for the all-region band competition this year. I said yes in a heart beat because my ego was …show more content…
They told me to play and when I put the reed into my mouth, I choked. I blasted my first note and could not even get out the second. I knew that if I stopped I would get points taken off so I continued on with the terrible notes that I played. After I stopped playing, the judges told me to exit the room and wait for the final results. I talked to my friends for the duration of the time, until the announcer told us that the saxophone results were in. I shoved my way to the front and looked at the list, my eyes searched for my name and I saw myself at the very bottom of the page-dead last. Guilt overcame me and I could not catch my breath. I was mad, but at the same time knew that the results would come out this way.

I had one goal this December, to get into the all-region band and play with the best band members in my district. I did not practice until the day of the competition. Even though this day was a bad one, I learned that no matter how good I think I am, I should practice to make myself
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