Nostalgia is a feeling I’ve been experiencing a lot these past few weeks. My friends and I came across a few recordings of our high school events, and we’ve slowly been watching them all. First for our viewing pleasure were the plays we put on for the school, Alibis and Bye Bye Birdie. It was lovely seeing the final product of our hard work and laughing at ourselves all over again.
Last night we decided to watch the recordings of our high school band concerts. The group of friends I hang out with here in Troy are all people I went to high school with, and we also were in the band together for years and years. So watching those tapes brought back many memories of the best times of my life. Band was such a big part of me, and the people I had it with were more like family than anything else. I went to a District 3A school, so we had a fair amount of people in attendance, but I hardly stay in contact with anyone from my graduating class. The people from band, however, are the ones I will always hold near and dear to my heart.
If you’re reading this and you’re still in middle school or high school, I encourage you to sign up for a school activity, whether it be band, football, chess team, whatever… I can almost guarantee that years down the road, you will look back fondly and cherish the memories that were formed between you and your friends.
Although it made me feel a tinge of sadness because I miss it so much, reliving our “glory days” together was definitely the highlight of the day for me.
