Kin Kan Musical Universe Chapter Nine Scholarship Musicianship Excellence

Jessica walked through the glass doorway. The entryway floor was made of white and grey tiles, and carpeted hallways led in both directions, left and right. On the far wall was a huge trophy case. Jessica walked up to the trophy case and peered inside.
Her wide blue eyes looked over silver and gold trophies and plaques on four shelves that seemed to cover the whole wall. Proudly arranged on the shelves were award after award. Jessica moved sideways along the glass case as she read each trophy’s engraved plaque: First Place Band, Founder’s Day Sweepstakes Award, Best Showmanship, Battle of the Bands Open Division State Champion, Conservatory Trustees Award, Holiday Band Championship, Grand Marshal’s Award, Pageantry and Musicianship Award, Best Show Band, Host Honor Musicians National Merit Scholarship. Some of the trophies looked like they were three and four feet tall!
Placed in the center of the display was a huge wooden gold-engraved plaque with green trim with the face of a proud looking lion in the center. It read “Tree Shores High School Marching Band and Drill Team” across the top. Underneath the logo were the words “Scholarship, Musicianship, Excellence.”
“Sugoi. . .” Jessica exhaled in awe. Some of the awards had a picture of that year’s band. Every picture seemed to have at least three dozen gold sousaphone bells towering over the back row of formations of what looked like hundreds of musicians.
There’s more people in those bands than in my whole junior high school! Jessica thought. I hope I’m good enough to play in the band here. She looked down each of the halls, but didn’t see any people.
I must be really late by now, Jessica thought. Seeing no other signs with directions to the band room, Jessica decided to try the hallway to her right. She walked past several classrooms, but they all had numbers above 100. She reached the end of the hallway and turned to the left, beginning to hurry as she looked for room 74.
As she neared the end of the hallway, she saw that one of the doors was open! Maybe someone was here!
Scribe on August 1st 2010 in Jessica Hoshi, Kin Kan Musical Universe




