BB West Midlands Competition, Walsall
From Within We arrived at church at half 8 and set off to Colton hills with good positivity for what was ahead. We did some music practice as a whole band which improved our music massively which increased our good morale. We did 3 run throughs of the show which were a huge improvement on what happened in the previous week. The positivity grew as we were becoming more confident with what was ahead and we the left Colton hills and arrived at the competition to get ready, we unloaded the van and then got ready to warm up, still positive feelings were with us and we had a quick warm up followed by a circle activity by Malcolm. We then got ready to go on and perform and as we entered the arena some members nerves grew. We played the show to our best ability and everybody thought it looked and sounded fantastic, the supporters were amazed by the transformation of what we had achieved in under a year. The band members were really confident at this point and decided to watch the other bands against us. We then got ready to go back onto the arena for the results..... We won best show and came 4th overall, however despite a disappointing result we all felt very proud of what we had a achieved and everyone thought we were winners no matter the result. We set off back home and decided that our celebrations should be taken further and once arriving back at church decided to go up the pub and celebrate what we had achieved! We arrived at the pub and the comments they were made were exceptional from parents and staff. Everybody was very pleased how the result went and despite the result were still relatively happy! To finish off thanks to the staff and the supporters who have helped us achieve something so great and help us do what we did on Saturday, it was an all round great day and performance! Lets push on and further our performance for the rest of the season and show what we are really made of!!! - Jordan Dugmore, Lanesfield 2013 Snare |