I don't really know how I feel right now, but here's a convo I had with a member of the Papillion La Vista Monarch band (my old school) (Prowlerboy is the one I had the convo with) Dutch: i don't like walters Prowlerboy: haha y not? Dutch: because he told the clarinets to change the part in the dance when we're suppose to shake it. Piper was mad Prowlerboy: piper? why piper? Dutch: because it was her who was telling us to shake it and sell it to the crowd, that was what our section did Prowlerboy: right..... Dutch: that was our trade mark for the dance and Walters had to go and change it Prowlerboy: so she is mad that he is makin us change our dance....when she doesnt even go here anymore Dutch: and he didn't even annouce to the band today to the veterans about Kellett's kids performing at 4:30 at the park by Papio JH Prowlerboy: so......he doesnt have to Dutch: and the dunking at 6.....Mr. Kellett is getting dunked Prowlerboy: he doesnt have do give a damn Dutch: after he told me he would announce it Prowlerboy: right.... Dutch: he told me he would and he didn't Prowlerboy: right Dutch: and 5 people almost passed out today because of him Prowlerboy: haha sure its all his fault Dutch: it is Prowlerboy: how so Dutch: i don't like him Prowlerboy: how is it his fault? Dutch: he doesn't give them breaks, makes them march nonstop, and yells at them for not getting their knees up high enough when they're tired because he's worked them so hard Prowlerboy: right.... Dutch: and in the middle of the day Prowlerboy: they are not worked hard at all Dutch: you glide step, you have no idea Prowlerboy: we do the same stuff every day. If they dont get enough water its their own fault Dutch: you glide step, you don't know how much it takes to get your knee high, ankle ahead, toe pointed it's his fault for not giving them breaks to get water. I saw it today, no breaks at all Prowlerboy: and plus.....dont be complinin to me bout "high step crap" i cary a drum around on my chest Dutch: i carried Andy's quints, i know how heavy it is, you don't have to get your arms up and legs up Prowlerboy: trust me Dutch: you just have to glide and keep in step Prowlerboy: its thae same effect after a while and we play non stop we never get a break Dutch: these people need air to play, you just need arms, if they can't breathe, they can't play Prowlerboy: um..... Dutch: and if they can't breathe, they're worked too hard Prowlerboy: if most people arent breathing....they arent playin either Dutch: some of the fittest people i saw were even gasping for air Prowlerboy: ...its one hour of workout Dutch: 2 hours nonstop Prowlerboy: if even that Dutch: i counted, i had a watch. You can't march if you don't have the energy, and what i saw today saddened me. This isn't the monarch band anymore it's walters's band. The monarch band had fun, these people aren't having fun Prowlerboy: all this week ive been goin right from band.......to baseball Dutch: they even told me so Prowlerboy: oh well we will have fun later we dont need fun right now Dutch: parade is about fun too, to impress the crowd and have fun doing it Prowlerboy: when your tryin to prepare for a parade you dont screw around especially when we have a lot to work on Dutch: but you dont' kill people to make a point either Prowlerboy: if we were good then we could have fun but were not even close yet, once we are good enough we can have fun Dutch: we're the best Chris, Walters's is just paranoid Prowlerboy: until then its gonna be all work Prowlerboy: what do you mean "we"? you go to south Dutch: Mr. Kellett made us work, but we still had fun doing it Prowlerboy: hes tryin to have fun too thats why we work on makin the band dance "funkier". he lets us do stuff that mr kellett would never approve of Dutch: i heard him say it himself when he hopped on the trailer hitch "This is torture, but look like your having fun." Prowlerboy: but im just saying Dutch: 4 people had to step out because they couldn't breathe Prowlerboy: getting good doesnt come without a price, you have to work for it and if it means not havin fun for a week then so be it Dutch: Mr. Kellett didn't have that many people stepping out of band because they couldn't breathe, something's wrong with Walters's way of teaching things Prowlerboy: but remember last year???? people were always gettin sick at band camp its just part of summer band Dutch: change in season, allergies, not because they couldn't breathe it rain a lot that summer, i remember, i had some problems too but i didn't have to step out of line to breathe Prowlerboy: im just saying when its hot out....people are gonna get sick......no matter what Dutch: yeah, of course, but 5 people today compaired to how many kellett had? Kellett knew when to take a break Walters apparently doesn't. He even had water outside for us Prowlerboy: well.... Dutch: I dont' see Walters with a Gatorade container filled with water Prowlerboy: im just sayin dont be judgin Dutch: he can at least show that he cares about the band, he needs healthy people to make it look good Prowlerboy: hes not like kellett, he does things differently Dutch: not when people are about to pass out from heat and lack of oxygen because it's so hot and they're over worked Prowlerboy: he lets us do what we want...... Dutch: too differently im afraid. I've asked so many people today, they said they're thinking of quitting band Prowlerboy: if we wanna do something different.....all we have to do is run the idea by him.......kellett would never let us do such stuff Dutch: if they dont' get to transfer to south Prowlerboy: oh well then. Let the weak leave.....the strong survive Dutch: they say it's not fun. it was fun with kellett and you know it. we were still the best yet we had fun Prowlerboy: it was alright, he didnt like us, drumline i mean Dutch: and we didn't take fun out of it just to get better Prowlerboy: its only been a friggin week Dutch: i still don't like him Prowlerboy: your little band has been workin together for over a month Dutch: he's only been a teacher for 2 years and you guys think he's the greatest Prowlerboy: we never said that Dutch: kellett's been in this for over 15 years, he knows his stuff Prowlerboy: and he isn't "prone" to change Dutch: because he knows what needs to be done and what needs to be to make a band great Prowlerboy: if we went up to kellett and asked if we could change our cadences....he would laugh in our face.......he didnt buy us new equipment cuz he didnt care about it, our bass drums were held together with electrical tape Dutch: oh he would have bought you guys stuff if you needed it that badly and you know it Prowlerboy: and the beginning of the year last year....our drum hookups were hoseties we did need it badly, he was reluctant to buy us crap Dutch: well, apparently you guys did just fine with what you had Prowlerboy: yates had to beg for new crap for us, our new harnesses were lucky and he never bought quad mallets or whatnot Dutch: the point is, don't be disappointed when NSBA comes around and you guys get a 2 Prowlerboy: who cares if we do, if we do it wont be because we didnt work hard Dutch: then apparently the judges will think so Prowlerboy: well then they dont know half the story Dutch: if it won't be from hard work, then what will it be from? marchers, music, in ability to perform because they've been worked to death? Prowlerboy: stupid mistakes...look.....i dont even want to get into this stupid arguement......if people want to quit then fine.....let em......u dont have to like walters.....you dont go here anymore....... Dutch: it's still my band just as much as yours Prowlerboy: sure..... and we wont get a 2 Dutch: just because i don't go there anymore doesn't mean that i don't want to be apart of it Prowlerboy: walters got a one with ralston so he can easily get a 1 with us Dutch: ralston, a school of half the size we were Prowlerboy: yeah Dutch: dealing with a band of about 100 kids or less, this is a band of nearly 200 again Prowlerboy: meanin they should theoretically have half the talent Dutch: more people stayed there than south Prowlerboy: cuz all of you people left to stay with the "godly" kellett Dutch: i went there because i also didn't have a choice and i just never liked walters from the beginning Prowlerboy: then thats ur choice, every other person went just to be with kellett Dutch: and my opinion of him will stay the same Prowlerboy: alrighty then. You dont have him as a band director so you dont have to worry about him Dutch: im worried about the monarchs keeping their tradition Prowlerboy: we will dont worry Dutch: i do worry for you guys, i want you to do good Prowlerboy: me 2. as a matter of fact.....i kinda want to show ur band up....... Dutch: from what i've seen, actually, we're equally matched we have all the same problems y'all do Prowlerboy: i just dont like the way kellett took things over to south we were the only band in the state that high stepped and it should stay that way...we were one of the only with a band dance...it shouldve stayed that way, he took our drum parts and put em into ur fight songs Dutch: we have to make ourselves known too and Yates wrote those himeself and he's with us, he can use them here Prowlerboy: im just sayin....he is takin everythin unique about our band and puttin em into ur band now its gonna be a competition of whose band dance is better Dutch: well, walters changed it so i guess you don't have to worry about anything Prowlerboy: and whose fight song is cooler. Dutch: i have to admit that On Papillion is better than the Titan Fight song Prowlerboy: and now papillion and lavista days are actually goin to be meaningful cuz they are gonna be a competition between which band is better. It wont be an easy victory over the stupid little junior highs anymore Dutch: yeah, no kidding Prowlerboy: and since you are the new school the judges will probably favor you over us Dutch: not really Prowlerboy: theyve seen our parade 30 zillion times Dutch: they're probably for tradition than new Prowlerboy: urs is gonna be new so they will like it and you will win Dutch: they'll want tradition Prowlerboy: they like kellett. you will probably win just cuz of him and his "status" but anyways...i got to go to a drumline dinner so i guess i will cya around tomorrow or something Dutch: at who's house? Prowlerboy: cutler Dutch: ha ha tell him hi for me Prowlerboy: were havin enchilidas Dutch: yum Prowlerboy: later Dutch: im hungry, later tator I'm really mad that Mr. Walters had to go and change everything after he said he would keep it the same. Everything that we and past Monarchs have experienced to make that band great is nothing but a memory now. Sure they still have power-step, but it just isn't the Monarch Band that everyone has grown to love and respect for everything we've accomplished. 37 years of #1 ratings at all of our competitions, over 20 years of winning "Best Band" parade titles, and it was fun getting them. What I saw today at the Old High School did not please me one bit. These people looked miserable. Sure it was hot, but they didn't look good either....idk, comment if you'd like