So, officer tryouts were yesterday. It was a long and tedious process. First was the teaching part of the audition where each person had to teach the block band for 2 minutes. Caught completely off guard, I was the first one chosen to teach the block band.  I had no idea what I was going to do, so I thought up a lesson in like 5 seconds and just went with it. I did pretty well; the only thing I messed up on was that I fluctuated the tempo in my clapping while I was telling people to keep their posture straight and to roll their feet. About 3 hours and about 30 people teaching the block band, everyone met in the band hall to continue with the interview and playing portion of the audition. One at a time, all of the section leaders went in the instrument storage room to get their brains picked by the drum majors and directors. Since I was the first of the section leader candidates to go in the teaching portion, I was the last to go in the interview process. It was kinda nice going last since I got to hang out a lot in the band hall and talk to people. I got to mess with Lain's and Crystal's saxophones. It was fun. I couldn't play them though since we weren't allowed to make musical noises. I also talked to Lain about politics (well, tried). Tina, myself, Crystal, and Lain, and I think another person were talking about how expensive gas prices are ($3.50 average in Houston), and Crystal was giving false data and stuff. Then it transitioned to asking Lain if he was a Democrat or a Republican. He doesn't seem to be that interested in politics, but his mom is voting for Hilary, so I guess that means he's a Democrat by association. Hooray! Anyway, at around 8:10 I went in for my interview. It was kinda awkward in the band hall. I was the only section leader candidate left in there. The rest were the people trying out for drum major, and they were in a circle conducting around me. So yea, I went in for my interview. It was pretty easy. I went in, played my musical piece, they asked me to march a little, and then i sat down for my interview. My interview was extremely short. It consisted of one question: "Why do you want to be section leader?" So, I answered it and they said I could go.

So yea, I probably made section leader again this year since I did pretty well as a section leader this year. What I'm more concerned about is if I won the vice president spot or not. We find out who made what tomorrow night at the band banquet, so we'll see then.

In other news, yesterday after 4th period someone set fire to a trash can in the boys restroom. While I was walking to band class I noticed that there was smoke in the second floor and it smelled like someone was roasting marshmallows. I passed by the scene of the crime and there was an AP and 2 policemen outside the restroom. I'm guessing the fire wasn't that bad, but something troubles me. Why didn't the fire alarm go off?