I got to share room with my two best friends and be bathroom buddies to my sisters. We never got to sleep before midnight, no matter how hard we tried.
We were all in the Blue Band, which is a middle school band with players with 2 years of experience or more. This was my last year of being in middle school since I will be going into 9th grade next year. Hopefully, I will still be in the Blue Band though because my friends will still be in it.
For the concert we played 5 pieces of music.
- Ascend
- The Eagles Triumph
- Creed
- American Heritage March
- and Happy
After a full week of playing the Trumpet (over 24 hours of playing overall) my lips sure did hurt!
Fortunately, I brought my iTouch I had wifi and was able to check EqD for updates and stuff and I even got to watch some My Little Pony during the woodwind and percussion sectionals. (Both of my friends were in there)
And if you asked me and my friends what our favorite part was, we would all answer: The Bathroom
The Adventures of the Screaming Cows
Once upon a time there were five silly girls at camp. Keep in mind they didn't have their parents around so they felt very free. These girls shared a bathroom between two rooms, two girls in room 225 and three in room 226. For a whole week they had to be together and they were fine with that, because they were all friends. Now that we have set the scene let's get on to the story.
The girls in 226 knew the girls in 227. Two girls. One a dramatic vocal camper and one a semi-nice trumpet player in the Blue Band. And they shared a bathroom with 228 which also had two girls, an Oboe player and a bassoon player both in the Blue Band.
Every day at 3:10 the campers had to troop back to their dorms for "flat time" a 30 minute period where campers had to stay in their dorms and sleep, if you wanted to.
But the girls in 226 and 227 didn't want to do that! "It was too boring!", they said. So they decided to change to "Meditating time" instead. So they sat on their beds and Ohmmed.
One decided to take it a step further and suggested that they take all their concert black skirts and wear them like headdresses. They then agreed on a name for their little group, The Screaming Cows. Since they were having so much fun they wanted to invite their friends from rooms 227 and 228 to join in their strange group. So they sent a note to them asking to come and join. They said yes.
So our girls in 226 and 225 quickly cleaned up their very messy room and got ready for their visitors. As soon as the other girls came to meditate our girls introduced themselves. There was Mother Cheese;she was the leader that started this all, Sir Crumbly, Screaming Pigeon, Baby Mouse, and Barking Puppy. They were the Screaming Cows by day and The Nightshadows by night. From the other dorm there was, Flamingo, Dotty, and Bookworm. Together they were the Domers. After everyone was introduced they Ohmmed for a bit. Then they got bored and had a dance party instead. So, Screaming Pigeon put on some music and they worshiped the Spotify god for a while. Unfortunately, The Domers didn't like the music selection and demanded an apology. The Screaming Cows don't like being told what to do but in order to make peace they wrote out an apology letter. It said: "Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry."
Until it filled up a whole sheet of paper.
The Domers didn't like that either. They said it wasn't sincere enough, so Flamingo, the vocal girl, demanded that we write a song on how sorry the Screaming Cows should be in, three minutes, then come to their room to perform it. Seeing as this could be fun, The Screaming Cows decided to do it and wrote a short song.
We're sorry but we're not sure what for
We need people to party with 'cause we're bored
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry,
Come to our dorm.
Hey!
At three minutes exactly they went to perform it. "We're here", Mother Cheese said "and do we have a song for you!" Flamingo let them in and guided them to the bathroom,"We need you to be in here, for better acoustics." Everyone consented, everyone except Sir Crumbly. "She's gonna lock us in!" she said, "I just know it!" "Well you can't sing until you're in the bathroom!" Flamingo said. Mother Cheese got suspicious right then. "Just stand in front of the door but still be in the bathroom." she whispered to Sir Crumbly. Flamingo wasn't really liking this. "Let me position you for maximum sound quality" she said. She grabbed Mother Cheese by the shoulders and positioned her in the back. "You go here because you're the tallest" she explained. Mother Cheese panicked as Flamingo kept positioning everyone else. "What if she really does lock us in here?" she thought, "How will we get out?" Just then Mother Cheese had an idea. She quietly put her hand behind her back to check the doorknob of the other door. "Please, please, please be unlocked!" she silently prayed. To her relief it was. As she turned to the others she saw that Sir Crumbly wasn't letting Flamingo position her. "Just let her do it." Mother Cheese said. "Not until she promises us that she won't lock us in!" Sir Crumbly demanded. "Alright, if you say so. Flamingo, pinky promise us that that you won't lock us in." Mother Cheese said. Flamingo then went around and pinky promised that she wouldn't lock them in. With both hands up too. It was only after that Sir Crumbly would allow herself to be positioned. And as soon everyone was in place the Screaming Cows started to sing,
We're sorry but we're not sure what-
That was as far as they got until Flamingo interrupted them by closing the door shut while shouting that they should join chorus. As soon as the door was shut and closed panic set in, to all except Mother Cheese. "Alright, Let's do this!" she said as she swung open the unlocked door, to everyone else's surprise. They found the way out blocked by a dresser pushed in front of the bathroom door " 3, 2, 1, PUSH!" Mother Cheese shouted, and they all pushed the dresser out of the way and ran into the neighboring dorm. They quickly swung open the other door to the outside, giggling and laughing all the while, and ran down the hall to their own rooms. Passing the open door of the Domers. Flamingo was so surprised that while the Screaming Cows were running down the hall they could hear her outraged scream,"AUDREY!!!!!" The girl that was apparently supposed to lock the other bathroom door. From then on out the Screaming Cows decided to be wary of their relationship with the Domers but all still agreed that was the best part of their whole week at band camp.
The End
And that is a true story folks.
And there is more to it like, we walked around the dorms Ohmmming in three part harmony,and saying "Namaste" and bowing to anyone we saw, even counselors. Yeah, we kinda became famous for that. When we would be waiting in line for food or at choir people would come up to us and say "Have you seen those people who say ohmm and do this? *doing the motions of us doing Namaste*" Then we would crack up laughing and say that was us.
Yes, my friends, sisters, and I all had a really great time this year and hopefully next year too! And compared to last year's picture of us on concert day you can tell that we are way better friends now. Last year we stood as close as we dared without touching each other and it was very awkward whereas, this year we're laughing and hugging each other to death just thinking about becoming "nuns" and almost being locked in the bathroom.
