Playing in the Band by Natalie B

My favorite thing to do is play in the band.  I play the saxophone, and this is my second year.  It’s very fun to play our instruments, hang out with our friends, and make new friends.  We have lessons once a week.  We have full band rehearsals once or twice, where one of the rehearsals is in the morning.  Then the other rehearsal is during the school day.

In lessons, the students go to the music room during a certain period for their instrument sections lessons.  We work on the songs and if something is wrong with someone's instrument, Mr. Cornella can fix it.  We play together as an instrument section, and Mr. Cornella gives advice about different techniques to play our instruments.

During full band rehearsals, either the whole beginner band or the whole advanced band will go to the music room.  We will play all the songs together as a band.  When it gets closer to concerts, Mr. Cornella would combine the bands in the mornings.

We have concerts two times a school year: one winter and one spring concert.  In the winter we also play as a band in Shop Rite.  For both concerts, we play three times that day: once for the Elementary School, once for our school, and then in the evening for our families.  In my opinion, this is the best part of band.

Overall this is why I love band.