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Originally I joined because I was looking for chances to expand my trumpet playing and music skills as a whole, but within the first week I spent here I realized it was so much more. This isn’t “like” a family, this program is a family, and I was so grateful to be a part of it. Now, I feel almost obligated to give back to this family in every way I can, which is why I am so determined to become a student leader
David Riley

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I love helping people and want to be someone people trust even more to ask to help them

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Being with my friends and making music and having fun

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I love helping people. I love teaching and seeing everyone grow and develop

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My sister’s a marching knight and so she introduced it to me and also I found what I do really fun and wanted to do it more then just in the winter. So I gave it a try and love it

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When I was at the first practice and had no friends all the leaders were very nice and reached out to the freshman, and I want to keep that legacy going and help new members like band as much as I do

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I want to set an example for any younger kids

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I think about this a lot because I think of all the difficulties and all the sweat and tears have happened because of this. WHICH IS GOOD! I come back for the people, for the experience. I simply fell in love with this band and the people and the experience and I can never leave that behind, no matter how hard it gets

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I think back to my years in the group, and I think of the seniors who had an impact on me. And I want to have those effects on other people

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I heard that Marching band is really fun and I had some friends who were in Marching band who would tell me all about it. I wanted to try and it was just as fun as I heard it was

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I think I am ready to share my leadership skills with others and being a great person

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I want to become a student leader because I have been in marching band for 5 years now and I have had so much fun doing the entire process of putting a show together, I would want to help grow the group and show that the experience is fun and I would hope that I could show someone that the band experience is a blast

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There’s such a welcoming factor to this activity and i the social aspect of it makes me want to continue

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My friends and the experience. And it’s just something I find really fun to do. And the memories I made

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To be an example to the younger kids

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The excitement and joy of marching band. Just showing up, doing the “work” and having fun. There are scarce moments where I’m not having fun at marching band.

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All my friends convinced me to join and I wanted the free ice cream

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Definitely the friends I made throughout the whole thing. Even when I went to the first practice and was a lonely freshman with no friends I found some people to talk to and kept coming back because of them. Now we besties

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The friends and experiences and memories I have made

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My passion and love for music and wanting to challenge myself to new things and being a role model

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What brought you to the marching knights

My brother got me to flip props during HOPE rules and I saw the process and how much fun marching knights was and so I decided to do it.

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I thought it would be fun and I could meet new people.
The friendships I made.
I want to be a leader because I want to help people.

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Wanting to be a better performing led me here along with experiencing other bands and such.

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To keep a long story short, marching band was a big (but amazing) culture shock for me, and it inspired me to aim for higher and bigger things than myself. I want to be able to serve this organization that has taught and helped me through many things and be able to inspire future members.

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It’s kinda funny cause I begged my parents to be in this program. When the Knights won Nationals I actually went to that Memorial Day Parade after that and I told my mom that I wanted to be apart of that. Years later it’s my freshman year and I begged my parents to let me do this. With reluctance and a lot of persuasion here I am. :)

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I keep coming back to band because I always felt that it was something that I excelled at and I felt like.i could connect with everyone else in the groups and felt like a part of a group of friends and family that I never really found anywhere else

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I had a lot of middle school friends joining and my middle school director was involved, so both of those encouraged me to join. I keep coming back for the friends I made in this program, and I want to be a student leader to ensure that new members will make friends and have some good experiences like I did.

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I had a lot of middle school friends joining and my middle school director was involved, so both of those encouraged me to join. I keep coming back for the friends I made in this program, and I want to be a student leader to ensure that new members will make friends and have some good experiences like I did.

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I enjoy band and playing music with all of the friends I made in this group.

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Mr nue said some thing about a mini camp in the summer and my mom said I should try it and i liked it

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I was in 8th grade band and my band teacher pitched it to us, so I went to the first meeting and just had a blast

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The ice scream social brought me to the Marching Knights but I ended up staying because of the people here and the opportunity to become a better drummer. I want to help kids like me become better and have fun while doing it.

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I started marching knight’s because I felt kind of alone at the time and my best friend recommended it. And I can easily say that staying with it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made

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What brought me to the marching knights? - I was highly debating it throughout my 8th grade year. Then Thompson reached out to me and told me to try it.
Why I keep coming back - I like all the friendships within the groups and I like the activity in general.
Why I want to become student leader - I was brought through the program by really good people and I want to give new people the same journey.

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I went to matlrchung knight because I was sitting with Sean Hayes and Doug bell and they told me all of the good things about what marching was and the community and all the fun they had in it

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Here because of Mr. Neu
Come back because I love being with my friends and being a part of something bigger
I want to be a leader because I enjoy guiding kids through the program and sharing with them what I see in it

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What brought me - I wanted to work more with my instrument, and my friends were doing it... also the disney trip
What keeps me coming back - I improve at my instrument, it pushes me in different ways I’ve never been challenged before, and the people
Why do I want to be a student leader - I want to be able to help all the new people find there way. The first season can be really great if you have people to help you, and I want to be that person

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I came to the NPMK because of the community and the people I was able to meet through helping out with band activities. I come back because of the family, music, and because I love the overall experience of marching band. I want to become a section leader because of the feeling I first felt when I was welcomed  by the upperclassman and because I want the new band kids to feel the same way.

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A lot of friends that I made are in Marching Band and I get to keep doing fun things with them

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