Gooood Morning! Happy game day!
On Saturday morning, I get the wake-up call. They say I've got a few hours, maybe less, to get my butt to the track bay to start rehersal. I shower, eat something, get all my stuff around and wait for my ride. I double check, and triple check if need be, to make sure I have everything I need. I wouldn't want to forget even the smallest of things, like bobby pins.
As my ride parks in front of my hall, I quickly put my uniform in the back and them climb in the front seat. We go to the track bay and park to find everyone doing the same. We're all half asleep and we either sleep, using our bags as pillows or, we managed to get some coffee. To our unhappiness, we normally only have a half hour to sleep because after that, our drum majors get our butts up and off to the field.
We got the field and get into our warm up positions. " Good morning marching chips! How are we?! ", our drum major screams out to us. Even though it' s way too early to move, we all scream back to him to show that we are awake and ready to work. We run through our stretches and warm ups, just like in class. Once our director says we look good, it's into pregame we go.
Pregame goes by fast. We've done it so many times we could do it in our sleep! We work on halftime, which we've been working on already for a few weeks so this is just review.
After lunch, time flies and everything passes like a blur. The band warms up one last time, we put on the uniform, and we march to the field to support our football team.
Who are we? CMU's very own marching chips. This is our game day.
