I do not own HMS/HHS band, but if I did...I would make it awesome...

Now for...100 things that have been done or should not be done in every type of band:

1. Do not talk in band, or a senior or will shut you up.

2. Never call the band teacher fat.

3. When life you lemons, squirt them in the fat man's eyes (aka the band teacher who makes fun of me)

4. Play loud and obnoxiously to make the band teacher wonder where the heck it came from.

5. "You know what! I wanna play saxophone!" Then the band teacher yelling, "No you don't" in the distance.

6. Make your band teacher mad by saying he's not this or that at marching band practices.

7. Skipping out of choir to play band instruments.

8. Trying to get down the bass drums from the cubby holders.

9. Telling your choir teacher you're quitting choir to be in band.

10. The band teacher laughing because the choir teacher is his friend.

11. Switching constantly to different instruments to make yourself look good (aka Stephanie and Kathy..lol kidding)

12. Having random contests over who can play louder

13. Doing said contests in the senior courtyard.

14. Making your section leader mad by stating the obvious.

15. Playing an instrument better than the whole section

16. Getting asked constantly to switch instruments for different bands (aka me, Stephanie, Kathy, and Jesse).

17. Singing about bubblegum at 11:30 pm on the band bus.

18. Having the said singing stop after a senior screams.

19. Paul Davis getting asked by various girls if he'll bare their children (aka me when I had tylenol and fun dip).

20. Singing church songs with a person older than you on the band bus home, and then realizing after the tenth song, that you're Atheist.

21. Watching Mark or Kathy go beserk over a bug on them during attention.

22. Giving your friends "mystery food" and watching them spit it out in digust.

23. Playing chubby bunnies at a band camp out, and watching Nicole get the most marshmallows, chocolate syrup, and m&ms in her mouth.

24. Putting deep heating cream (the stuff that helps aches, kinda like icyhot) on your friends to wake them up.

25. Watching your field commander dance.

26. Making your friends dance during the work-outs.

27. Having said friends hit you or stay still.

28. Having Paul come up to you and try making you dance.

29. Having the colorguard yell at you, just because you wore a blonde wig to championships.

30. Being called an old lady by other bands.

31. Getting a bag of popcorn and saying it's your baby.

32. Making yourself have bigger boobs out of sheet music that will never be used again.

33. Using your crush's mouthpiece because you think it's like kissing them.

34. Having a crush on your section leader.

35. Laughing because your section leader is two years older.

36. Learning to play trombone to surprise your band teacher.

37. Making your partner-in-crime look bad at 4th quarter, by playing Sloopy louder than it would have been with him.

38. Crying because Tequila is no longer a song option due to idiotic football players.

39. Crying even more, because Tequila was one of the few songs you knew.

40. Getting called the Grinch during the Christmas season.

41. Stalling on stage because someone lost their music.

42. Tripping over a chair, that someone layed out on purpose.

43. Watching t.v. in the band room when you should really be at home.

44. Having your mom drop off sandwiches for you and the gang.

45. Playing football in the senior parking lot and courtyard.

46. Plastic wrapping your band director's car, the trailer, and the field being laced in fishing wire.

47. Screaming "Rawr Dinosaur" at attention instead of "Pride"

48. Also screaming "Gotta go fast" or singing the Pokémon theme song at a attention, then ebing told to run 3 laps.

49. Standing on the field commander's podium and shouting an advertisement for Powerthirst.

50. Getting attacked by a savage twin.

51. Then the other comes along.

52. Dirty dancing during Sloopy better than the cheerleaders.

53. Having more fun and excitement than the cheerleaders.

54. Trying to get Kathy to dance during Sloopy.

55. Having Mariah or Debra hit you with a drum stick.

56. Stephanie hitting you even harder with a metal mallet.

57. Fixing your friend's tuba, which had a sprite bottle (full of sprite) lodged clear into the bottom.

58. Remembering how that sprite bottle got there in the first place.

59. Having your band teacher ask you why the heck you had a blonde wig on, then telling him "It's fun".

random things on the marching field.

61. Thinking about how Kathy is going to run clear across the field when you whine, and hitting you in the head.

62. Having your friends record an alleged agreement about this "Kathy hitting you over the head" thing.

63. Tackling Debra because she hit you with the drumstick.

64. Eating mustard and pizza and telling everyone it's yummy.

65. Yelling at Mark and Jesse for being idiots and not leaving a hole for J.T.

66. Not remembering what set or song you're on at a performance.

67. Getting sick at a performance is a no no...D:

68. Having a band director who is two-faced.

69. Reciting Powerthirst at pep band games.

70. Playing the opening theme for your marching band show as a pep band song.

71. Watching a two year old marching band dvd, and still loving it and knowing all the words and notes.

72. When changing on the bus, make sure that the colorguard have their space. Also, make sure...not to look around. God knows what you'll see.

73. Make sure while you're changing, that the windows are tinted, and boys aren't watching.

74. Always remember, the low brass room isn't a nice place to change or make out in.

75. Buying donuts for the band is always a nice thing.

76. Remember to bring a pillow, so you don't have to use Jon Jacky's legs as one on a two hour trip.

77. When you have at least one alone moment with Paul, make it last.

78. When having said moment, stay away from elevators.

79. Never give your key card to the hotel room to two girls who hate your guts. You'll never get in the room.

80. Never buy your friends Nos, Sobes, Monsters, Rockstars, Vaults, or Amps. God knows what'll happen.

81. When its over 80 degrees, bring water. And a tank top.

82. Tell your Assistant Director he is too old for you.

83. Have day dreams about killing your band director and partner-in-crime.

84. Getting your friend who is on a diet, to eat right before a game, then puking it up after half-time.

85. Fake puking to get out of rehearsels.

86. Running after the Jesse so he can lose some weight and be majorly freaked out next rehearsel.

87. Telling Kathy there is a spider in her case is amusing...She's majorly arachnophobic.

88. Telling a section that they have to clean the instrument room, even though really, they don't.

89. Cleaning the low brass room, then three hours later, coming back to see it a mess again.

90. Singing oldies on the bus.

91. Taking pictures of your friends while they're asleep.

92. Crying because your favorite band-aide isn't at the contest.

93. Hanging out in the trailer, eating beef jerky and drinking root beer.

94. Watching four accidents happen in three weeks time.

95. People getting jealous over you because you were allowed on the boy bus, because you were sick. But really, they thought you were faking a heat stroke.

96. It's pretty bad when you know everybody's part in band, and still get confused over your own.

97. Getting told you're the most negative person in band, when in reality, the band director is, and so is that 8th grade flute player.

98. Getting cheered on by the crowd, because you were the one to find that music that was lost onstage.

99. Never use the low brass room as a locker, or the female(s) (aka me) will scream at you.

100. Realizing right before a performance, that your instrument is broke or not playing.

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These were all witnessed or done (or not done) by real people in my band and in other bands.

These people who helped me with this list, include: K.C. (she doesn't want me to put her name), me, my strange friend in Texas named David, saxypitgirl07, and Jesse.