Band camps!

Well, this past week was fun and worth the week that I had to available. For those of you who didn’t know, I got my first true teaching experience with students I didn’t know. I went to Seeger High School west of Attica, Indiana and help facilitate Mr. Dan Peo’s marching band. I was kind of hesitant at first because I was worried that something was going to go wrong with me instructionally or that I wasn’t going to be doing what Mr. Peo wanted me to be doing or even the fact that I’m not even qualified enough to be doing what I was doing. I did it though. I now have something to add to my resume that is along the teaching and educating roles as opposed to being a student of someone and being a part of such and such ensemble. Now I was an actual instructor and staff of the ensemble. I want to thank Dan Peo very much for helping me along my way to becoming a better student and instructor. He has helped me very much through more than just the instructor staff and educationally. He has been there for me to talk to and I thank him very much for that. This past week was fun. I became more acquainted with the past Drum Majors of Indiana State as well as Alumni of the ISU marching sycamores and the traditions that have been placed and that still continue. I learned a lot this past week about many things. The good thing is, I get to use those things that I have learned from Mr. Peo’s band camp and other events that have been taking place at Crawfordsville’s marching band camp. Speaking of Crawfordsville, TJ will be coming to Crawfordsville for a week. I’m very excited for him coming here. I have tickets for us to go to DCI: World Championships on the 8th of August so that I can introduce him to what I have done and what I get goose bumps over all the time. I can’t wait for him to get here. I love TJ very much and I’m so happy that we have each other. Its very nice to have someone who you can consider your lover and your best friend all in one. We have our rough times but we also have our absolutely hilarious times together. His family is amazing and very accepting of us as is my family now. Everything is getting better with our life together. I just wanted to update everyone on what has been happening lately. I hope everyone’s summer is going well and hope to see more people around. =)

Trevor Hedrick