How To Survive Marching Band

Drum Major Essay (draft)

Now this is just like my first written copy so please comment ideas and critique me! 😘😘enjoy

Why Should I be Drum Major
Why should I be Clarinet Section Leader or our 2016-2017 Field Commander?

   Being a drum major you make or break a band. You're the window between what the band is and what it could be, although that sounds like a job far above the normal member it's not. We are one band, one sound, one group of equals and should be treated that way (although some just have a few more responsibilities than others).

   You don't have to be the perfect person to be drum major, in fact being perfect is the worst thing you can be, to be a leader you should be someone who makes mistakes and learns from them things like, staying after school and entirely spacing on making a copy of a song and grabbing an original last minute, rushing the tempo on a song a few times, and getting way to nervous at playing tests. Being perfect means you only have one solution for everything; do it right. Making mistakes gives you a chance to help everyone not make them, and if they do, you can help them with more than one solution. A drum major should be the most approachable person in the band, in the past most members have thought the DM to be a world away from them, when in actuality they're just another part of the family.

   I know that I'm the best candidate for drum major, not because I'm a "perfect" student but because I know how to lead this band and help point us to greatness. I'm a very friendly and approachable person, I have so many ideas to help bring this band together, I'm so passionate about this band, and I want the best for it and I know I can help bring us to our best and even better than that, I know how to get people excited about things! How would you expect us to work together and fix the forms when everyone is at each other's throats, if everyone thinks that they're better than everyone else because of how many years they've been in band, or their marching skills? You can't, a team to properly work together must first accept and understand the others before they can begin to move up. It's like filling a bucket with a hole in it as you would say, you can't fill the bucket when people are stabbing holes in them.

   As drum major of our marching band I would:
* Keep everyone motivated and happy! Even on my worst days band always brings a smile to my face, and I wish to do the same for everyone else.
* Make this band better; I want us to be at our full potential, 10000000%
* Help everyone be better players/ marchers
* ENCOURAGE THE BAND
* Be there for everyone like they were for me
* Keep everyone on track, but still have a little fun on water breaks
* I will help you with anything and everything you need, your job is hard and I'm honestly amazed you haven't lost your mind yet. I'd like to help make your life a little easier by being an amazing drum major.
* Keep us together and bring us closer together

   This band is everything to me. It's my real home, my family all the way and it's given so much to me and I only want to give back what was been given so that way everyone can have the same positive band experience as me! It takes a strong-minded and equally strong-hearted person to be a drum major, you have to be willing to put your blood, sweat, and tears into this band more than you already have. You have to be relentless in rehearsal and everyone's friend outside of it. As much you love someone you can't let them get away with not following the rules (no matter if they're your friend or not). I'm ready to take on this serious leadership position and become our next drum major, I know if chosen for this position I can help improve our band and bring us all closer together as a family.
    
    Although I've given you plenty of reasons not to choose me as drum major, I have given you far more reasons to choose me. Anyone can wave their hands around and create a beat, but to be a drum major it takes someone who is serious about the band, caring, responsible, reliable, and many other qualities and I can assure you I have all of them. No matter who you pick for leadership this year I know we will have an amazing marching season!