Pep Band

At the end of my last blog I mentioned that I would begiin explaining the mental challenges of marching band. The DCHS girls basketball has been playing extremely well in these tournament games so I decided to talk about pep band and the role we play.
This past week, the pep has had to play both the boys and girls district basketball tournament games which takes a lot of time out of your day. Unfortunately, the boys lost a close battle against Apollo but a good game nonetheless. In order to keep the crowd energized, the pep band must learn many different songs and add the occasional body/instrument movements and sometimes have the wonderful opportunity to sing a song verse. The school's fight song is the ultimate song played by a pep band. When played at the right time the right way, your team and your crowd's moral can get a needed boost.
A true pep band will watch the game and react as the crowd reacts. Without the pep band, an atletic competition becomes somewhat dull. The pep band is what keeps the crowd entertained when nothing exciting is happening. It is a fun experience to play in the pep band and having a good basketball team makes it even better.