ipl-logo

Personal Narrative: Meeting My Goals In Varsity Band

661 Words3 Pages

I’m sure that everyone has set at least one goal in their lifetime and accomplished it. Meeting your goals is extremely exciting and rewarding. When we, or someone else that we are close to, meet a goal, it is something to be proud of. Goals can be big, small, set for the near future, or set a lifetime away; either way, every goal is important and worth striving for. A recent goal of mine that I accomplished was making Varsity Band. In my school, our band is fairly big, meaning that, during concert season, it is necessary to split the band into two separate bands. When our directors decided that we needed to split, they wanted it to be fair, not having one band considered better than the other. To do this, it was decided to have freshman and …show more content…

The judges had announced before we began that our cut was only eight measures. This was bitter-sweet because it wasn’t very long, as we had all expected, yet, with only eight measures, it was a make it or break it 20 seconds. I began playing and was doing fairly well considering I was so nervous. As I just complete a couple of measures, the school bell goes off and I freeze. I couldn’t just keep playing during it because it would last a few of my eight measures, but you aren’t supposed to just stop during an audition. My heart started racing and it seemed like forever before the bell stopped ringing. I finished the piece shaking like a leaf and nervous that I had just ruined my chances. As I stood up, the judges thanked me for pausing for the bell. What a relief that was! At that point I only had to wait for the results. When I found out that I made it, I was ecstatic. I was so proud of myself and of the other players who tried out. All of my hard work had paid off and I couldn’t have been happier. I learned to never give up no matter what the odds may seem. Making this goal of mine was such an awesome accomplishment. Setting goals is one thing, but seeing them through to the end is what really matters. After all of my hard work and determination, I made it. But I also learned many lessons through the process and hope to continue to do so in the future. Don’t ever limit yourself

Show More
Related

  • My Last Cheerleading Competition

    636 Words  | 3 Pages

    I was having mixed emotions; I was anxious because it would be the last time cheering with people I love, and I was afraid of messing up. I looked at my friend Landry and said, “We got this!” She looked at me and smiled. The music started and I began the routine which I had done millions of times before. After we finished our routine, the parents, the athletes, and my coaches met up so we could discuss how we thought we did.

    Read More

  • Symbols In Holden's Baseball

    945 Words  | 4 Pages

    At the same time I was terrified. My coach said it was one of the most intense matches he has ever seen from a JV level, but sadly we feel short of the title. We both worked extremely hard and did our best, so overall I was proud. Whenever I spot the medal I immediately think about how hard I tried to snag the gold one, but how in life you don't always

    Read More

  • Baseball Narrative Rough Draft Essay

    1049 Words  | 5 Pages

    Afterwards, I walked out of that room with my forehead and hands sweaty and a smile plastered on my face. I certainly didn’t think that I was going to get a trophy, since there were many other equally or higher pieces

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative-Yorktown Golf Course

    539 Words  | 3 Pages

    The announcer started announcing the top 15 scores to come and receive their award. As the announcer went down the list, I hadn’t heard my name yet and when he got to the 8th place award my name was called, all my hard work had paid off. At first going into the tournament I was very nervous, But after I was proud of myself for setting a goal and completing it.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My Journey Through The Croton-Harmon High School

    625 Words  | 3 Pages

    As I traveled through each grade of the Croton-Harmon High School, my personal and academic goals helped to me to really flourish. These goals may have varied from year to year because a freshman is a little different from a senior, but they basically had all the same concept: I wanted to strive in school to be the best all-around student I could be, constantly stay focused and immerse myself in the Croton community. By setting my expectations and goals very high, I could flourish academically and really work to my full potential. By following these goals in school I pushed myself very hard and tried to take classes that would challenge me as well as help me to flourish as a student.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: The Marching Band Has Affected My High School Career

    165 Words  | 1 Pages

    Throughout my high school career, there is only one major thing that has affected my entire life, including my educational performance and that is marching band. The marching band at my high school is one of the most well respected programs in my district. In eighth grade, I decided to audition for color guard. And when I made the team, I became apart of the marching band. That year, my entire life changed.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: Quitting The Marching Band

    760 Words  | 4 Pages

    It's hard to stay optimistic in a Challenge, sometimes you want to give up and quit. But in the end you have to stay with it. Whether it be getting a new job, starting college, learning to drive, working in a group you don't want to be in ,and even playing a new instrument. You have to try your hardest to stay together and keep going for your friends, family, and for yourself. One of the hardest challenges for me was switching instruments the end of the eighth grade year for the marching band that next fall.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: All-State Honor

    807 Words  | 4 Pages

    Initially, when I started practicing to audition, I did not think being accepted was a possibility. At the audition, this belief was reinforced further after hearing one other trombone in the warm-up room. His tone was beautiful and he surpassed my technical ability to play in every portion of the études; if even a few other players performed as well as him, there was no way for me to succeed. A month of painstakingly detailed practice felt worthless after hearing one trombone player warming up. I truly believed that I already lost.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: How Marching Band Changed My Life

    494 Words  | 2 Pages

    I have always been a particularly musical person. When I was younger, I wanted to become a singer when I grew up, but upon joining the choir in elementary I realized I did not have the talent for singing that I thought I had. Continually singing off key and never sounding as good as my peers did, I decided to confine myself to singing at home where only my family could hear me. Despite this revelation that I was, in fact, a terrible singer, I still wanted to participate in some type of musical performance and decided to join the band in middle school. After trying out various different instruments, I settled on the flute and quickly fell in love.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My First Soccer Team

    506 Words  | 3 Pages

    My determination to get better and overcome my obstacles paid off my senior year when I awarded second-team

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative-Puzzled: My 5th Grade In Soccer School

    666 Words  | 3 Pages

    Finally it was friday and I found out the grade I got on the test. I logged into skyward on my phone and crossing every bone in my body for good luck , I looked at the test grade to see I got a 97%. I was so overwhelmed with joy I didn 't know what to do, I told my parents and they were elated too. In the back of my mind the whole time I remembered what my parents told me “Never give up, not matter how hard things get”.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: Lake Winaukee

    568 Words  | 3 Pages

    I kept going for the guy next to me performing to the best to his ability. Success was the result of all the hard relentless work done throughout June into August. I acknowledged that my team had a good group of seniors who were high character student-athletes I spent most of childhood with. Ultimately finishing with a record of 3 wins and 7 loses taught me many lessons on becoming a better person and

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: Joining The Marching Band In High School

    743 Words  | 3 Pages

    Throughout my high school career, I was forced into many situations where I was challenged to connect with my peers and serve as a role model for future students. Whether it be my involvement in the school marching band, or helping students in community tutoring sessions, I have always made it my goal to better the people around me through my own efforts. Throughout my high school career, I have put forth my best effort to connect with my peers, transform individuals, and make a difference in my community. Joining the school marching band at the beginning of my freshman year of high school was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

    Read More

  • Obama Back To School Speech Analysis

    546 Words  | 3 Pages

    I am a firm believer in achieving my goals because I know that they will reflect on my future. At times, I may fail but I do not let that stop me from trying. Instead, I let it teach me a lesson and push myself even harder to do better the next

    Read More

  • The Importance Of Field Hockey

    701 Words  | 3 Pages

    Growing up, I spent most of my time playing sports and trying to stay active as much as possible. As I got older, I became more serious with field hockey, and I was determined to make the varsity team my junior year of high school. All summer I spent working on my stick skills on the field, and my endurance in the gym in order to do everything I could to make the varsity squad. When tryouts started in the end of August, I hadn’t performed the way I wanted to, and girls I thought had no chance of making the team, played so well over the three days. However, I was hopeful I still had a shot on the varsity roster.

    Read More

More about Personal Narrative: Meeting My Goals In Varsity Band

Open Document