I don't know why I didn't mention this earlier, but the music for this season of marching band is kickass. Not only is it cool songs, the arragnements are really good. Sorta tough, but good. We've got Encantada, the requisite Spanish/Mexican/etc.-music-esque opener, then (In no particular order, because the only other song I know the place of in the show is... well, I'll get to that.) I Saw Her Standing There (You can't go wrong with Beatles music, so long as the arrangement doesn't fuck it up.), It Must Be You (Or some similar title. Haven't played it much), Boogie Down, which, despite it's highly stupid title, is a cool song, and the closer, Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In. The closer is great. It's a little odd of a choice for closer, to me, though, because it takes the most thought out of all the songs to play. That wouldn't be as much of a bad thing if the other songs weren't so (This is sorta theoretical, as we don't even begin marching them until band camp in late August...) draining. And closer always has the second hardest drill, after the percussion feature, which, this year (guess what...) is in the closer! Yes, we play Aquarius, and the transition to Let the Sun Shine In is a percussion break. So it's hard marching ---> harder marching ----> slightly easier (but not by much) marching. Whee.

But the music is great.