Trumbull High School Band

Last week we kicked off our competition season in Bethel. A lot of the new freshmen were very nervous. This was their first show ever and they didn’t want to make any mistakes. We spent most of the day in Trumbull working on our drill. We worked really hard on it and it was a long day. After dinner we started to get ready for the show. It brought back memories watching the new kids get their uniforms on. LOL for me that was only last year! We get to the show, unload the instruments, listen to a pep talk from the band director and then we warmed up with our instruments, stretched and practiced marching and then worked on last minute parts of the show. And then it was show time! We march onto the field and hear all our parents cheering for us. That was nice to hear since we haven’t heard it in a while. There were only three bands in our class at the Bethel show – Trumbull, Port Chester, NY and New Milford. We never get to see the other bands perform so I have no idea what their shows even look like. And I have no idea where the other bands that usually compete against us were that night. Anyway, we went on first; last year we almost always performed last so that was different but overall I think we did pretty well for our first show. We came in first place which always nice with a score of 75, New Milford came in second with a score of 71.55 and Port Chester third with a score of 70.60.

I can’t wait till we host our own show in Trumbull at the high school on Saturday, October 3rd. It was so much fun last year. There were so many people there from all over. People from our town that would not normally come out to a show came to see the bands perform. We had 18 (I think) high school bands from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and even college bands like Sacred Heart University. If you’re around that day you should come cause its usually quite a show.

Tuba Tyler