Less then two weeks!!

Only eleven more days until the big trip down to New Orleans. The band room is really buzzing with excitement. We've got a giant countdown on the board, and we're being reminded what to pack all of the time.

I've been talking to my roommates, about what we're going to bring. Dressing up for our party at the Bayou Barn, what we're wearing our purple trip shirts with, should we bring bathing suits?

It seems unreal that the trip is actually almost here. I remember discussing it at Band Council last year, how were were going to look for a sister school, maybe do some rebuilding, and now it's finally happening. We have our sister school, the Lusher Charter School for the Arts. We're going to have breakfast, play side by side with the band and orchestra, and enjoy some lunch. We'll also be presenting them with the over $17,000 in cash and instruments we raised through our instrument drive. I must say I didn't think we'd break the $10,000 mark but I'm really impressed. Nice job guys!

We are doing a rebuild... well the older kids are. If you're under 16 you get to garden and clean up trash. Have fun with that. Those of us who are old enough are going to get to actually help build a house! I hope they let me use power tools. For some reason people at home don't trust me with power tools, can't imagine why.

Probably what I'm looking forward to and dreading the most is that 25 hour bus ride. I think it's going to be fun because I'll be sitting with all my friends and we'll make it a good time, but 25 hours? On a bus with Mr. Aguglia? Really not most people's idea of fun. Hopefully we'll all get to sleep without having to hear Mr. A tell stories over the bus loudspeaker. We're stopping at the DeSoto Caverns along the way. Not too sure what that's going to be like but at least it won't be 25 straight hours on a bus.

It's fun to hear everybody talking about the trip. The freshmen are all excited because for a lot of them, it'll be their first trip without their parents. I'm one of the doubly unfortunate ones whose mother insists on chaperoning and has a younger sister going on the trip. They won't be too bad, I hope. As a senior, it's going to be my last band trip but it's also the last trip for the juniors because band and chorus alternates trip years. I have no doubt that no matter what happens on this trip, I'll never forget it.

I'll have a computer while we're on the trip so I'll be blogging the whole time. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures while we're there so those of you who are stuck back home can experience the trip right along with us.

Can't wait!