I started participating in this group when I was about thirteen years old. I am still a part of this ensemble and I am also the section leader of the pit. This is a huge improvement from when I began playing Marimba. When I started, I could barely read the music let alone play it. Now I can play four mallets at one time with no problem. This ensemble has taught me that hard work always pays off. Learning how to play another instrument is very difficult, but the talent that I acquired will stay with me for the rest of my life. I have always been the type of person to come early or stay late to help others learn their music and I feel that indoor really brought that out in me. It also helped my find myself and it connected me with the type of people I wanted to be associated