Hey guys!

I am really happy right now! Yesterday, the band went to Putnam City Marching contest. We marched really early in the afternoon, which is not good. In marching competitions, the later you are scheduled to play, the more favored you are to rank high. Well anyways, we performed and I thought we did a really great job. And we did! Santa Fe and Memorial bands were there, too. After the preleminary competition, they announced the winners of the pre-lem competitions and also the finalists. We won the best colorguard award, but that wasn't the coolest part. We also won 2nd place in the Pre-lems! Everyone was soo excited because North had never done this good at the contest we were at! We had a second place trophy, and Santa Fe got 3rd place. Memorial didn't even get an award. So we were all excited about that! Everyone in the band was hugging and everything. It was great! We became a family last night. We made finals, obviously, and so did Santa Fe and Memorial. Then, right after dinner, we found out our time slot for the evening's performance--9:30! We were the second to the last band to perform for finals! That is VERY good! So we marched again, and then they announced the awards. Memorial got 5th, Santa Fe got 4th, and Edmond North---2nd!!!! In the whole competition! People were crying and hugging each other! It was amazing. I never will forget that day. Okay, I am being a little dramatic, but I am just soo happy! We beat Memorial AND Santa Fe! Haleighlujah! Hehe, I probably spelled that wrong! LOL! Well, that has been my weekend so far. I still have a ton of homework to do cause I had no time on Saturday. Oh, and North won the game on Friday night against Sapulpa! Yay! Gotz to go! Ti ta toodles!

Love always,

Emmie