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This weekend, I’m going back to my hometown to attend Band Night, which is a function where they have the passing of candles from the old committee members to the new committee members.

This passing of candles is a tradition which I had witness ever since I was a little kid in Teluk Rubiah. Back then I was just a little kid, sitting by the crowd and clapping whenever names were announced and they went up front to pass and receive their candles.

Then when I was 16, I had my candle lit by my Drum Major as the committee before my batch’s had no one with my post, the saxophone section leader. Then a year later, I passed the candle to my successor and also the new leader for the woodwind section for our band.

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Yea I know it’s trivial but heck, like I care bout the negative thoughts you people might have for our school’s band. Which brings me to another point that is slightly off topic, I know when I first joined the band, many of my friends didn’t like what I had become.

They didn’t like the fact that I kept on talking about practices and also my seniors in the band. I became even more annoying than I was before and frankly speaking, I had no idea until one of them told me straight up in my face (over the phone actually).

However, thinking back, yes I agree that I was annoying and it’s no fun listening to the same thing over and over again. They even told me to quit band because they didn’t like it. *le gasp!* you’d think they’d be happy for me cause I found something that I enjoy doing. *scoffs*

One of them questioned me on why I joined and didn’t want to quit, I said because I liked it and I wanted to get some certs from the activities. The reply I got was ‘I’ll print those certs for you.’ Sad isn’t it when you don’t have the support that you thought you’d get.

Nevertheless, I got the support that I wanted from my fellow members because like it or not, we have to support each other to get through each practice and insult that we/the band gets from the entire school. Actually, we supported each other through our days in the band.

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So conclusion?

1. I’m really excited about Band Night this Saturday and I’d be really sad if it disappoints.

2. I feel bad for those who have never knew how it feels to really love something and will go all out to defend it against insults etc.

3. Positive support is very important to a person.

with Ringlet band (2009)