You Know You're a PCHS Band Kid if…

1. You have nightmares about our band teachers coming after you in the fog.
2. Derogatory names for the Colorguard consist of "flaggots"
3. You never need a hall locker, because you only use your band locker.
4. You have your band music on you iPod.
5. You play (played) hardcore football in the pit.
6. You get annoyed when kids in hallway aren't walking in step.
7. You've actually tried to match the passing period bell tone on your instrument.
8. You know that about half of the colorguard is going out with the drumline… and you know half of the band is just in love with them.
9. Practice rooms double as make out rooms.
10. You choose to sit in the band hallway for lunch, when the cafeteria is about 100 ft away.
11. You know that the clarinet section is fiercest of them all.
12. The band kickball tournament was the highlight of your year.
13. You recognize the super seniors by their nicknames (i.e. JLo and Gunz) --and as much as you make fun of them, you KNOW you're gonna be one too.
14. SWEET is not just a word. It's an object.
15. Armenian Dances is your favorite song (and you still find yourself listening to it once in a while).
16. You despise words like Enigma or Nimrod.
17. You cringe when you feel a sweaty hand squeezing the back of your neck.
18. You (seniors) got upset when they got rid of the uniform line because you were excited to finally have the ability to cut.
19. Spring Break will never be the same again.
20. You hear the name Polly and you want to cry... because you miss her.
21. Dah Dit Dit Dit.. is forever engraved into your head.
22. "Whhhyyyyy are you TALLLLLKING?"
23. When you hear the words, BAND ATTENTION, you immediately assume the position.
24. You turn around in front of someone and go "hey, can you unzip me?" and nobody thinks twice about it.
25. You know how to get out of your clothes in record time.
26. You know that Courtney will forever be referred to as "Mom."
27. Band T-Shirts (like your Pep Band, West Side Story, Marching Through the Decades, Florida Tour, and 2006 Band t-shirts) are your favorite shirts… ever.
28. Mr. Valkema? Who's Mr. Valkema?! I only know a Dan the Man Valkema!!
29. When you're stuck outside for a bomb threat, you have to play your marching music...
30. When you eat your lunch in a hallway and not at a table
31. When the band teacher makes the percussionist sit next to her during band because she didn't give you music so you just sing and hum along with it
32. You know the locker room smells like anus but you don't think twice about it anymore.
33. I love band shirts were the fashion need of last year.
34. Everyone has a crush on Bryan Bigger, but they ONLY refer to him as the "hott drummer"
35. You remember "HEYYYYY band!" from pep band.
36. The locker room is also referred to as your lunchroom, changing room, before/after school hangout, and second home.
37. You know Eileen.
38. You have never met Eileen, but you have heard stories about her.
39. Day TA-day!
40. You are either part of the solution, or part of the problem.
41. You know how to play Big Booty.
42. You have any type of homemade object with the words "I LOVE BAND" on it.
43. You refer to upper+underclassman relationships as the "Joy and Bryan" style relationships.
44. You know this year's collage concert won't be the same without Greensleeves.
45. The altos in marching band sucked huge ass, but we all know they could still pwn newbs.
46. We make the best your mom jokes. ever.
47. You know exactly what to do when you hear "MOVE WITH A PURPOSE!"
48. You finger your music during classes OTHER than band.
49. Drumline is your favorite movie of all time.
50. You're absolutely in love with chorale number twelve.
51. Paul Simon almost seemed to replace God.
52. When playing football in the pit was banned, the world came crashing down.
53. When Bryan starts raping someone, you stand back and watch… glad it isn't you.
54. You don't work 9-5. You work eight-to-five.
55. You know exactly why nobody wants to sit by the drumline on trips.
56. You turn around in front of someone and go "hey, unzip me…" and no one thinks it's weird.
57. You don't mind stripping on a bus.
58. You despise Lake Park with a passion that knows no bounds.
59. You know where the term "Too much metal for one hand" comes from, along with the hand gesture.
60. You've dated SOMEBODY in band at one point or another.
61. You know that the band final is the easiest test you will EVER take.
62. You can still remember songs and sets from past marching shows… mostly because they were boxes.
63. Would you like to buy a pig? a what? a what? a what? A pig… a pig… a pig… a pig…
64. You know that bringing a black light anywhere near the practice rooms or locker room is forbidden.
65. You still end your lame jokes with, "Oh… it's a CMB thing…"
66. You know the phrase "only ONE MORE TIME!" doesn't really mean one more time.
67. You look forward to the Ohio trip in January like it's Christmas again.
68. You don't worry too much about forgetting your lunch because you know Mr. V will always have his pretzels.
69. You laugh but are mostly embarrassed when you have to run in public.
70. You don't just conduct band music, but you conduct music from your favorite bands.
71. Nerf.
72. You remember performing at competitions with lyres.
73. You know that Joe works in a button factory.
74. You know the thriller dance.
75. You know the crab walk is the stylish mode of transportation, and you wish you could do it too.
76. You know exactly how many steps are between yard lines.
77. You remember the drumline's good friend Charles, whom we lost on the first day of band camp.
78. You've been run over by Donovan… more than once.
79. It's cool to hang out at DQ after the games.
80. You only know how many steps are in the next set because the whole band shouted them 37 times.
81. You know the other dirty names for the sets.
82. You know whose milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
83. You know that the parking lot by the tennis courts is really called the band lot.
84. You know how long it takes to sneak to McDonalds, get food, and get back to band… and you can even do so without getting caught.
85. The proudest moment in your PCHS Band career was the first time you hung your uniform up the right way and got it approved the first time through the line.
86. You're not afraid to admit that your drillmasters are actually kinda comfy.
87. Tears were almost streaming down your face when they announced that the outside band door would be shut forever.
88. You're friends with the Symphonic Band on MySpace.
89. When you wear your concert uniform and you look like you're going to a funeral.
90. You've heard someone say "HOLY MOULEE DUTTA!" at least a couple times.
91. You know what a contra monsta is.
92. You spend the Saturday of homecoming preparing for the parade and the football game, not the dance
93. You've done a lightning dance to make lightning strike the band director
94. The best part about competitions...are the bus rides.
95. You actually know the Thriller dance.
96. Plumes really are cocks.
97. ONE BAND, ONE SOUND.
98. We call ourselves children of the corn.
99. You know who Hairy Scary is aaaand… you want to puke.
100. You can finally say "one time… at band camp…"
101. You know Mr. V's kids by name.
102. You know the whole Yates family, and they know you.
103. You're not ashamed to say that we are all one big, happy family.
104. You know what GET SET means. It kind of has a meaning to you.
105. You know what the Moulee tower is.
106. You make fun of each other because of stereotypes (race, sex, etc.) but nobody takes offense to it anymore.
107. You have experienced Keith's farts.
108. Even worse, you have experienced Bryan's farts.
109. Two Words… Marion Catholic.
110. One of our prized (recent!) trophies is at least a foot and a half taller than you.
111. You know our band has more trophies than any sport in the school.
112. You have participated in a march off.
113. You have won a march off.