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Thank you sooo much. You're right, instead of bringing the drumline to us, we'll go to the drumline c: I will do my best to do so, thank you for helping me.

Thank you for all these good suggestions, I will definitely be using them. But I was also wondering what we could do to unify the drumline and the band. Because there is an obvious separation, and it causes much dysfunction. Any ideas for this? But thank you for the amazing suggestions thus far♥

Okay, so I'm currently a sophomore in band, lined up to be captain of the trumpets/drum major next year. And I need some help. First of all, I want to create a close trumpet section. I want us to feel like family. But this can be a problem considering our trumpet section is one of the biggest in the band. I don't want to just be a close section, I also want us to be kick-butt. I want us to have pride in being trumpets. Which I feel is lacking. I feel like the whole band is lacking pride. Here's the thing, Our band is a consistent excellence band. We strive for superior each year, but it seems our director is a little too outdated and we're all a little do dysfunctional to really pull off the teamwork needed to have a superior show. Then there is the drumline. They practice separately, which is understandable. We certainly can't have people beating on drums as we try to tune. But they seem to do everything separately. At football games, the student section chants, "we want drumline." So they go down in front of the student section, leaving the band in the stands. Before we perform, they get in a huddle and put their hands on each others shoulders and they have their own little chant that hypes them up. The band is always told by other students how "great" the drumline is. And honestly, it makes us feel inferior. Why even try? There is no pride. So my goal this next season is to create pride. So I need some help. First of all, can anyone help me with leadership ideas and techniques to help bring the trumpet section together? Secondly, does anyone have any ideas to create a pride in the band? A chant? Something to hype us up? Third, Do you think it would be too forward if I expressed some new ideas to my director? I mean, I'm not in a leadership role yet, so I don't want him to feel like I'm trying to control everything. Any input that you think would help is appreciated. Thank you