DCI? It’s a professional marching band organization. Sorta taking those high school and college halftime shows to the next level. The difference is that more people probably want to see pro-football compared to pro marching bands.
So I went to Scott’s DCI performance at MTSU Friday night. I’m not necessarily a Bluecoats fan. I am a Scott fan. I’ve known Scott since he was very young. Watched him grow up at church. And he asked me to come to his performance. Sorta a big giant piano recital, except with less pianos and more contra bass tubas or whatever you call them. There are still anxious parents there, waiting to hear their son or daughter perform.
The Bluecoats performed first. Unfortunately, compared to the other bands, they weren’t as good. I later found out they came in 7th out of 8 bands.
There was a overwhelming presence of band geeks there. I takes one to know one. All those awkward teens. Those kids who joined band in lieu of P.E. hoping they wouldn’t have to change in front of other people. Those type of kids were there. Plenty of high school bands were there as spectators.
I saw a kid in a shirt which read “You laugh because I’m different. I laugh because you’re all the same.” What a great shirt. What a great slogan. I give mad props to anyone willing to go against the grain. Especially in that terrible time of high school.