*Hudson High School Class Act Band*

Delivering you a Superior Tradition since 1999*

Saturday November 6th Central High School hosted FBA-MPA One of the biggest marching band competitions this side of Pasco County. And so marked the class act bands last marching compeition, last performance, and last chance to kick ass.

Lets just say about 4 or 5 years ago, the band was good. And if you know anything about the ratings, a good isn't really as good as its name. The ratings at a marching band competition are rated Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent, Superior. So, one year, the band did it. They found it. Something clicked out there on that field and they performed their best and all the hardwork and dedication paid off. That year the band recieved a superior. Thus started the tradition of The Class Act Band Superior Rating. Last year our show totally kicked ass. We had the marching down, and our music was nothing but joy to your ears. People were on their feet before we finished Hey Jude. And you could hear them cheering all the way back in Hudson. This year, we didn't think we were doing so hot. No one was putting forth the effort. And those who did were wondering, why would you want to break such a tradition of getting superior. So we worked...and we worked....and we worked our asses off. We busted it up every tuesday and thursday night. We spent our valueable friday nights sitting in the stands watching our football team make bad play after bad play. We performed our halftime show with eyes full of pride for no one but our band parents who dont understand anything about band. YOU GUYS ARE SOOO GOOD they would say, even when we knew we sucked ass. Sure its a wonderful compliment, but who watched? Them and only them, game after game, and gave us congratulations friday night after friday night. Theres nothing better than having your parents support, but what we wanted was a stands full of people whose eyes were on us and only us. Who were listening to the music and watching those sest and admiring our marching. Nothing was clicking, we just didnt get it yet. So FB, Jenn and Jessica (former alumni) came to give us a speech on the morning of our biggest competition and last performance. There, in the band room that morning, they made us realize what were out here working and striving for. We hear nothing from our own classmates but degrading comments. Band is gay, the people in band are gay, blah balh shut the fuck up before i shove my god damn instrument up your ass you stupid piece of shit jock. (calm down kristy) ok...They made us realize we sit there and play at pep rally after pep rally and hear the volleyball players, the football players, the cheerleaders, the chess team, the debate team, and the whole fucking school get announced by name , and what do we ever get? "Lets hear it for the band!" Thats it....No names...no recognition. We sit out there sweating balls friday night after friday night playing for no one but our parents. The only thing our classmates get excited about is the little snake thing we do over by the concession stand...whoop dee doo...a snake...yaaay...lets get in the middle of the band and have them dance and its all fun wheee. Thats great at least theyre excited about that. But the class act band has something that no other team, no other club, no other even band will ever have. Were a family. And I dont care how gay that sounds, its true, and its the most amazing feeling to walk into the band room and to be greeted by 80 other people who are only happy that you are there. I wish I could share that feeling with everyone who ever made fun of us. So we went out to the back field to practice that morning, and in all honesty, we still doubted ourselves. We had a good warm up, got on those buses and took off to Central High to be evaluated. Were out there listening to Citrus perform and they were pretty good. And finally it was our turn. We marched out there with nothing but eyes filled with pride. And this is a memory I will have forever. After the scramble, I stood 8 in front of the back hash, 2 off the 30 yd line, in the middle of Kristin and Symantha. How do you remember that you ask? It was just the first set why wouldnt I remmeber it? :). So Halley calls the horns up....Four whistles, here we go. I remmebr looking up in those stands and seeing nothing but a million eyes looking back at us and only us. Their attention was on us the whole time, and that my friend, after seeing empty stands for the longest time, is the best feeling in the world.  First song You are the Sunshine of my Life. Awesome. We nailed it. It Happened. Something clicked out there on that field. Second song Nightingale sang in Berkely Square. Beautiful. Nothing but legato. Third song Dont rain on my parade. That first note could have blown you right out of the stands and Im surprised we didnt blow Halley and Felicia off their podiums. We got the sequence and the swing section got everyone cheering and clapping. Hit the last set like there was no tomorrow. Horns down and it was over. 9 minutes to perform the best Hudsons got to offer and we pretty much did it to glory. We marched off that field sweating balls but never lost that pride in our eyes. The feeling I had...I cant even describe it. Its amazing, sandess, happiness, incredible and I wish I could put that feeling into the people that werent there to see it themselves. We knew we had it after that. So the award time rolls around and Here we go...Pasco Excellent, River Ridge Excellent, Gulf Excellent, Hernando Excellent, Land O Lakes Excellent...........Hudson.......Superior. You could have prolly heard our screaming back at our band room. The moment I heard that word, I burst out in tears of just happiness. Right then and there all those practices all the drama all the fights all the hardwork all the emotion all the sets my first day at band camp when I was announced section leader everything and anything that had to do with that years show the memories rushed into my head a million things at once. And out of all of that. We had done it. We had kept that tradition going. We had gotten Straight Superiors. This is the one thing I live for. And if you cant stand the heat Get off the field. AND THAT....IS WHAT BAND.....IS ALL.....ABOUT.

Now for the fun stuff in between :D

- Reminder: Dont ever spin those spinning rims on a truck with your hands! I swear youll get your fingers cut off lmao Felicia!

-Getting thrown into sewer water is always so much fun. Thanks to Donny and Aaron for that refreshing splash!

-Ok I can understand forgetting to wear black socks....or forgetting a hat...but how in the hell do you forget your marching shoes Shane?

-Ok Kristen thanks for telling me there is a different rhythm on the second part in dont rain on my parade?. What a great time to wait until the last marching competition then try to fix it in the warm ups!!

- Notice everyone else has their hats on percussion! Me: Does Ms Adams always treat you guys like shit because you play the drums? Donny: basically

- And thanks for making us walk the long way around the track! ;)

-Halley: BAND HORNS UP Band: *puts horns up and all you hear is PHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* (keep that air going through those instruments! lmao

- Hey Chrissy whats your show! Oh its latin jazz.....right *walks away*

- HEY GOOD LUCK GUYS! *other band just stares at us*...well ok that was weird lmao

- Oh yeah you need to speak slowly to the percussion when they ask where the bus is or else there will be 70 unifroms and hats just dumped right in your seat its great!

- Me and Felicia changing on the bus Oh yeah do you guys need a flashlight *shines light on our fucking naked bodies* NOOOOOO!

- Watching Citrus perform on the Dvd and were all talking theyre just sitting there giving us the dirtiest looks Its not our fault they sucked ;)

- First note on Dont Rain BOOOOM. yeah ya ;)

Ahh, theres nothing like eating Dippin Dots sitting on cold bleachers wearing nothing but jeans and a light sweater while its 60 FN DEGREES OUTSIDE!

- *wesley chapel about to go on* Oh shit Adam I forgot my camera! So me and Adam are hauling ass and it just so happens the bus is parked like 70 miles away form the stadium! On the way there I see Tim sitting in the pit umm cart thingy lol Im like good luck! and i dont think he was aloud to talk to me or something soo I started running to the bus and hes back there thinking *damn shes got a NICE ASS* ;) heh what can i say my jeans werent that tight! So we finally make it back just in time to watch Wesley Chapel. So what do I do....yup dipping dots will cool you down ;)

- All of a sudden the lights go out. OMG its part of this bands show, ok there gonna be like lights camera action and the lights will go on...no no theyll use glow sticks and perform with the glow sticks! Announcer Guy: umm were experiencing some technicaly difficulties....lmao damn

- YO WHO YOU IS....umm were from hudson...YO AWE SHIT DIS BE HUDSON COUNTY RIGHT HURR

- My Happy Gram- To: The Hudson County Band....Hey Class Act Band! You guys did awesome and Im going to miss you seniors! Oh yeah and Torrie....DROP IT LIKE ITS HOTT! whooo

- Delanta rides a motorcycle over the band as they played E.T lmfao and all you hear is ehhhhh

Me watcing Ridgewood Sitting all uptight and smiling Nick and Robbie made fun of me they said I get into it to much lmao cmon guys Im not THAT into band.....am i?

- Sitting on the other side waiting for the awards. Ahh, Nick and Matt from the Land O Lakes band....fuckin hotties...Chris from Pasco :) Band just dosent get any better than this.!!!

- Ok umm on 3 lets thank them for moving over so our band can fit lol 1...2....3 THANK YOU RIVER RIDGE!

- Ok WE GOT SPIRIT YES WE DO WE GOT SPIRIT HOW ABOUT YOU!?!?!?!?...the other band just starts another chant lmao

- I got my hands up high my feet down low and thats the way I jiggalow...Jigga...low JIG JIGGA LOOOW!.......*cricket cricket*...WHOO

- Me: When I say Hudson You say Cobras! HUDSON Band:COBRAS! When I say Awesome you say Band! AWESOME BAND AWESOME BAND! When I say Number you say 1! NUMBER 1 NUMBER 1......silence...Kristy you forgot when I say red you say gold!...Me: oh shit ;)

-Anthony....hur hur hur I just busted a nut on you! LMFAO good times with those peanuts guys.

- and right when they said River Ridge got an excellent I almost shit a brick...Luckily our judge was smoking a joint before we performed and he was all like AHHHH YEAH I SAW HUDSON LAST YEAR SUPERIOR SUPERIOR SUPERIIROIRIORIRORRRRRR

- Shane Ben and Tyler doing the Nazi walk....all the other bands just staring at us...maybe they were jews? Oh well thats how Hudson Celebrates!

- Me talking to some River Ridge kid HEY WE GOT SUPERIOR....So where are you from? River Ridge, Me: oh im from Hudson County....the kid: you mean like pasco county?...suuure kid whatever you say

- Those kids form Hillsbrough with the little one on his shoulders Hey can he hit up your seven digits? Hes a small man but hes got a big package, Lmfao suuuure why not hes a cutie alright!

-Land O Lakes bus ride on the way home...."Its alright guys think of excellent as second place its not so bad...*cricket cricket* River Ridges bus ride on the way home..."Dont worry well get them next year*....*cricket cricket*....Hudsons bus ride on the way home HELLLL YEAH SUPERIOR SUPERIOR WHOOO WHOO YEAH DAA DAA DOO DAAAAAAH WHOOO FUCK YEAH BITCHES GET THE PH-- OUT nigganigganigganigganigga *while rocking the bus and singing our halftime show* lmfao

- Our crabby ass bus driver *GETT OFF MY GOD DAMN SEATS*

-URRRRRINE.....URRRRRRINE....URRRRRINE BAAAAAND!

- Felicias Happy Gram: Remeber ur in band! GIT R DONE HUDSON STYLE!

-Bus ride home...umm what is donnys and aarons hats and uniforms doing on our bus? lmao!

-Theres nothing better than watching Sproing stead bitch slap everyone yet again. Their colorguards fucking bigger than their band but jesus they have good marching, DAH DAH DAH DAH hahaha i love those drummers

- Wesley Chapels snare split roll...it was like fucking drumline all over again!

-Flute- $600
Marching Uniform $400
Dippin Dots- $3.00
FBA-MPA dvd- $30.00
Showing up at FBA, kicking butt in the show, watching other bands, running to the bus to get a camcera and hauling ass back to watch wesley chapel, seeing Springstead bitch slap everyone again, DAH DAH DOO DAH, Jiggalow, We got spirit, When I say Hudson you say Cobras, Dropping it like its hot, YO WHO YOU IS..Hudson...YO DIS BE HUDSON COUNTY, River ridge Pasco Land o Lakes Wesley Chapel and that one high school that always gets a fucking superior AND GETTING A FUCKING SUPERIOR AT FBA 2004- .....priceless

-Durant High School...200 members and their colorguard girls are actually hott? Where in the hell are they from? Announcer about the announce thier score:.....The whole Visitors side: SUPERIOR....lol like they didnt already know!

- The whole band on one side of the stands cheering rly loud all you see is Nick on the other side doing jumping jacks lmao!

Ahh yeah...that was a fine story :)