Senior marching band speech (Bandimonies)
Every year my schools marching band does what we call bandimonies, its where all the seniors in the band give a short speech to the band.
Everyone recommends starting on your ideas for it as soon as you can, so despite only being a sophomore I want to start now
I organized a few ideas and topics to talk about and have written a draft that I want to get some opinions on
For reference K is a friend, E is another friend, D is a director, R is also a director
This is going to sound corny and I'm sure you’ve all heard this a million times from seniors in their bandimonies but band truly saved me. I first started band in my freshman year with copper mountains jazz band, i had never truly committed and learned an instrument before but the band needed someone to play bass and E recommended me to D, with his help i was able to learn so much in a very short amount of time, I will always be grateful to him for pushing me to learn more and get better.
I joined marching band and percussion my sophomore year and almost gave up time and time again, i lost many people dear to me that year but R and everyone in front ensemble with me were understanding and helped me push through and make the absolute best of a very rough situation.
I’ve gone through a lot of mental health issues over the year but music and band has been there for me through it all.
Then theres K, she’s been my absolute best friend since the 3rd grade, she inspired me to join band and get into music, she’s stuck with me through thick and thin. I don't know where I’d be without her. Thank you K.
It’s been an amazing experience to be here with you all and see everyone including myself grow over the years. Thank you all and I hope to keep in touch with anyone who’d like to and I’d love to see what you all go on to do in the future.
Again this is a very rough draft and some parts just hit main topics or points I may want to bring up
Potential rewrite, previous statement about letter correlations to people still stands
I want to start by saying thank you all, you’ve made these the best years of my life and i don't know what i would’ve done without you guys. I’d like to specifically thank Mr.D and E for bringing me into band, Mr.R for helping me grow and learn more instruments as well as helping motivate me to stay in band when things got hard, I’d like to thank K for being my best friend through everything and inspiring me to get into music.
I remember my first time in a band setting was joining jazz band as a freshman, it was a great experience and introduction for me.
By joining band i gained an amazing community of people and endless friendships.
Music truly saved me, when i didn't know what was going to happen for me or other loved ones in life i had music there through it all.
I started having mental health issues in middle school and honestly didn't feel like i had anyone to talk to about it, i let out my negative emotions through the music i listened to and played, and music brought me to people who helped me through everything.
The last thing id like to say is to tell you all to keep going, keep doing what you love, get through the hard times, live life, and know that band is always here for you.