That was dumb. I'm sorry. Lol. But I am super excited. I just got hired by the GHS band to work with the color guard for this marching band season! It's like, a dream. I love colorguard..I've been obsessed with everything colorguard for the last three years. It is a HUGE part of my life. I may not be that great at it compared to drum corps but I have the heart and I think that's all that matters :) My official job is to be their instructor: to teach them flag and rifle and to learn the choreography and teach them that too. I also make sure they are on task and get the most out of their day. I wasn't told all of this but that's about the gist of it. I get to pick out the flags and work with the uniforms and prettymuch control all things colorguard (very scary thought). Ah, but this also means that the success of the colorguard rests on my shoulders. If we don't look good it will be on me. If the flag colors don't match the music it will be on me. If the uniforms aren't perfect..well, just about everyone is helping with them so it won't all be on me. Lol. If we don't do good at competitions, which is my biggest fear, it will be MY fault for not working hard enough and not being good at being an instructor! This is a huge responsibility that I CAN'T slack off with. Not that I like, ever slack off when it comes to colorguard, but still.
In the back of my mind, I can't help but think that I have other things to teach too. Here are my thoughts..if I work really hard and put my all into this (with learning and creating the work) and make sure we are always working hard and being productive and we succeed (which I was planning on, I just want to rant about it,) it will do a lot for these girls. Like, hopefully it will show them that if you have the drive to do it and you work hard you can succeed at anything. That is an amazing feeling that I was lucky enough to experience throughout my high school band years! But if we talk and goof off, which they wouldn't do even if I wanted to haha (last year we worked our butts off and I think it gave them this drive to work hard,) I feel like it will be instilling bad habits and values into them. I am being watched. Lol. So, it is a huge responsibility that I hope I won't regret taking!!
Some of the girls learning rifle
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