A couple days ago our band director Mr. Loft announced that he would not be returning next year as the director of bands. It's hard to really imagine band without him...he's so charismatic and what not, and he pulls us all together even when we think we totally suck, he manages to kick us in the butt and we get it done.
When I initially found out I was sad, I still am sad, but I know that he's leaving for good reasons. He lives an hour or so away from the school and he has an eight year old son who needs is dad. I understand that completly. But it's still...hard to think about next year and what it might be like without him.
At first I envisioned it as bleak and desolate because god only knows what kind of director we could get next year. I thought they would completly suck. And i've been carrying around that mentality the last couple days. But yesterday I had a lesson with my tuba teacher, Mr. Gray, and he just really kinda smacked me into shape without even knowing it. He was so excited that I got into Wind Ensemble and that next year was going to be awesome. He knew that Loft was leaving, but he knew that just because he was gone it would be okay.
The band is not about the Director or the one who leads. it's about the music. And yeah, we'll miss him a lot. a lot a lot. But we'll still be making music, And we will still be an awesome band. I don't think any of the current musicians at our school would have it any other way.
"It ain't easy to be good. If it were everybody would be great and they're not." -Andrew Loft
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