And Gentle Rain Outside The Bus Leaves The Walls Chilly And The Lights Bending. But You’ve Never Been

“Put your butts down, we don’t need no Hoes in our show!”

-The choreographer

Don’t forget the GODFORBBIDEN GLITTER

blood, sweat and tears is a term made directly for color guard

I found that out when I was crying due to sweat getting into my bleeding sabre gash.

I wanna be the very best Like no one ever was To catch them is my real test To dance well is my cause I will travel across the land Spinning far and wide Try a new toss to understand The technique that’s inside Color Guard! Gotta catch ‘em all

It’s you and me I know it’s my destiny Color Guard! Oh, they’re my best friends In our class we must ascend Color Guard! Gotta catch ‘em all Our work’s all new Our faces will pull us through You teach me, and I’ll teach you Color Guard! Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all

PREACH!

Why is guard considered a "girl's sport" if it's considered a sport at all?

A few classmates of mine (football players, who else) had the gall to tell me today that guard isn’t even a sport and it’s “just a girl’s thing anyway”.

Sometimes I want to hit people like that upside the jaw. With my rifle. Although that would be cruel to Igg.

Guard is not a “girl’s sport”. Guard is a sport. The only reason there are not so many guys on my team is that people like those two football boys say it’s too “girly”, so guys don’t bother to join.

But one of my captains is a boy and he’s honestly the best person on our team. One of my best friends in guard, one of my best friends PERIOD, is a boy and he loves guard more than anything in this world. Guard has kept him happy, alive, and out of trouble, and it’s so much fun for him too. The third boy on our team just tried out today and you can see how much he already enjoys spinning rifle. He got near-perfect flourishes in under a day, people. That’s not something you do because a sport is “too girly” for you, a male.

Just because we bleed out of a few different places, just because we have the ability to create new life, just because we have slightly different bodies DOES NOT MEAN that guard is limited to us.

Just because guard involves dancing and spinning pretty things and wearing makeup DOES NOT MEAN boys can’t be in it too.

Fragile masculinity, people who are anti-guard, and people who think guard’s a “girly sport” get on my nerves.

To those people: MAN UP. Have you ever tried to spin a rifle? Have you ever gotten bruises on your arm from sabre? Have you ever pulled multiple muscles trying to master a dance move? Have you ever tried to do a routine with a very large and heavy piece of equipment while looking UP, AWAY from the equipment? And SMILING? Showing EMOTION? Running a show nonstop on a floor or a field for up to ten minutes?

I didn’t think so. Man up, and grow up. And try out for guard.

Me: Can I barrow your glove?

Older Friend: Sure, but she’s a little smelly

(puts on glove)

Me: HOE DAMN THIS IS NOT A LITTLE SMELLY! GONNA KNOCK A BITCH OUT WITH THIS FOUL SCENT OF DEATH!!!

Band Director @ Band

The Tubas Made Memes Again, this time at 6:30AM

It’s the End of the Season

Quite Frankly, I’ve only been doing this for 4 months now and it’s become my life. I don’t know what winter guard will be like and I love the seniors so much I don’t want them to leave us. It’s way to early to be thinking about this n all but it’s sad. Especially since all of them are varsity and that I’m not sure how much the two teams interact.

I love you Bri, Payton, Jazz, and Copeland, my captains, along with the other seniors, regardless of who stays for next season. All of y’all have a place in my heart and soul.

Me realizing I’m going to be a Vet in a few weeks

I’m terribly afraid