Personal Narrative: My Life Of A Band

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Music has played a grand part of my life for the past seven years. I started in fifth grade after I saw my school district's seventh grade band’s mesmerizing performance, compelling me to play the clarinet. Throughout the years I’ve had my ups and downs with band. I’ve had the urge to quit several times because of some issues I had, but my mom and my friends persuaded me not to, that if I keep going through with it, it will be worth it in the long run. It wasn’t until this year that I finally realized what they meant. The second semester of my junior year I met two very talented musicians in band, whom I later become great friends with. They both were encouraging me to audition for two highly regarded musical organizations in the chicagoland