Hail Purdue!

WELCOME!

So today has probably been one of the best Saturdays ever! Started the day by waking up at around quarter til 4 because I had to get ready. After i got ready at around 4:20 or so my dad took me to school. At school went to the band room, packed the bass drum and loaded the bus. We were on our way to Purdue! As of course i sat by Lauren, and we talked for pretty much the whole time why everyone else was asleep. She was jamming out to Justin Beiber. Everyone started yelling at us telling us to shut up because they wanted to sleep!

We got to Purdue at about 8 or so. We unloaded and Daniel, Rain and I went with the percussion section. The band was huge! I mean the Purdue band had so much people, it was probably equivalent to the whole High School and Middle School put together. They had about 10 tuba players, 15 percussion players, about 100 horn players, i mean it was just loud! Then Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser rehearsed with us the music we had to play. After about an hour and a half of rehearsal it was over!

We then went to Slater Hill to watch the Purdue Jazz Band concert. It was a long walk to their! People took turns taking my drum. When we got their i brought 4 boxes of donuts and within 15 mins what I got in return was a thank you and 3 empty boxes! While watching the concert i talked to Anie, Sadie, and Lauren. We then watched the pep rally for the Boilers! It was so much fun!!

After the pep rally, we all went to the stadium. It was humongous! I mean literally you could like get lost in that place and not ever get found again! Once we got all settled in, Rain and I bought a pop. It was worth $7 since we had free refills for it. We watched the game til it was time for us to perform. We bug the crap out of Lauren, watched her flirt with Isaiah Amstutz. Then what do you know.. it was already time for half time! So we went out their and performed. We sounded great! I mean honestly we did for a band that had almost 30 school's present their with nearly 1,500 people we sounded great! After that we all got settled in and watch the rest of the game. Rain left cause his dad was their to pick him up. I was kinda sad cause then I had no one to hang out with.

After the game was over (did i mention Boilers won, 24- 13!), we all headed back to the bus and we were on our way back home to lovely Berne! On the bus ride back home we had so much fun! Lindsay Hoffman, Haley Bell, Lauren Lehman, Shiana Scott, Abby Grable, Shauna Sutton, Sadie Brock, Anie Habegger, Bree Caldwell and myself were all doing something random. We would sing songs just for fun! Make each other laugh! Tell silly jokes! Make fun of people! I mean really! You had to be their! We then stopped by Kokomo on our way home and ate. We had a choice of Subway, Burger King, and Arbys. I stayed at Burger King, Sadie, Lauren, Anie and I all sat at one table. We then went outside by the ice cream parlor, and some people bought ice cream. We were all sitting their laughing and having a good time!

Then we headed back home! We had like almost 2 hours left til we got back to Berne. We had such a great time! Today has been a great day! Perfect weather, enjoying a day with good friends, performing! This has been one great Saturday. Wonder what next week will bring when we go to Ball State for the SA vs. AC game? Probably something fun and memorable again!!

Hope you had a great day!

Quote of the Day:

"When people put you down, they don't have enough confidence in themselves"