Rainy Days

So it started pouring once school got out. I had to find rooms for us to do sectionals and got that done but I had no place for the guard so I sent them home. If only I had waited...it stopped raining once it was time for practice but did start up for a little bit once we got out. We put on the ponchos and went out. Some of the younger kids groaned but the a couple of the older kids said exactly what I was thinking...WE NEED TO PRACTICE!! The younger kids don't quite get it yet. They don't understand that if you want to be the best and be successful then you have to work for it. No one is going to give it to you. I'm not saying that we are going to be the best but we are sure as hell going to try. We're going to strive to be the best everytime we step on the field...whether it is in practice, football game, or competition. I feel like we had a pretty good practice...we got bogged down once but we figured everything out. Hopefully we can make tomorrow even more productive. We still have to get our younger players playing better.

Blog Therapy

So here I am doing a blog. I actually got the idea for this from a good friend/mentor who also does his own blog. This is going to be a place for me to vent, share ideas, throw out my random thoughts, etc. But be warned, these are my opinions and my thoughts so if you don't like them...then don't read my blog. This will mostly be about my job/life as a band director but there may be some other stuff thrown in there sometimes. I just started as the new director at Swansea H.S. and so far I am really enjoying my job. It's a very different atmosphere and mentality from where I used to work. It's not one of those situations where I would say "the grass is always greener" (Carolina Crown :-) because its a different school, different kids, different staff, different parents, etc. but like I said I am enjoying teaching there. We have a very young group this year (about 75% is 8th - 10th) and I think that is going to be a little hard for some of the older kids to get used to. It doesn't mean that I won't work them just as hard but they do have some limits. I will see how far they can go though. Well I'm off to find some medicine. Caught a cold a couple of days ago...but this is no time to take off from work.