True Pranks That Have Happened In My Band.


Jessica Ann1

on

September 12, 1999

I'm 14 years old,
from OK,US.

Hello! Welcome to my page! My name is Jessica, and I'm 14. I was the 1st chair french horn the three last years in
the 6 th 7th and 8th grade bands at my middle school. I have participated in District Honor Band in 1999, and made a 1
on two solo's at NEO Music Festival, 1998, 1999.I also made a 1 on my solo at state contest. My brass ensemble also
made a I in 1999. I also played with the school's 8th grade band, 1997-98.I made 1st band second chair at band camp. I
am currently in the High School Band and am playing second part. Boy do I have some stories to tell about band! It's my
favorite class and some really weird things happen in there. On this page, you will read about some of those things.
The Start of the BAND WARS! (1998)
The BAND WARS unofficially started on 7 February 1998 at District Honor Band. Amber Prewett of the
1997-98 WRMS 7th grade band decided to borrow some of Erin's silly string to spray Mrs. Harris and Mr. Beard,
our band directors with. It was purple silly string. Then, when we stopped at QT, Mrs. Harris had bought a drink
and put it in her seat and went back into the store. Amber took it and hid it. After Mrs. Harris found it, she told
Amber, "I don't get mad; I get even!"
Next Step Toward War (1998)
Everything was normal again until early March, when various 7th graders chose to silly string, t.p., flyer, and
put-toothpaste-under-the- door handle Mrs. Harris' car. It was our exotic way of saying, "Thank You!" for helping us do
so good this year. And we did give her money to clean the car with. We also had permission from our principal to do all
of that stuff to it. She told us on the scene that we were dead women and men and then came that famous quote
again,"I don't get mad;I get even!" A few days later at lunch, some of us went to talk to her about what she was going
to do to us for "vandalizing" her car. She said that it wasn't school related and that she DID have something planned.
We went up to her the next day at lunch and started theorizing on what she had up her sleeves. All she said was, "It's not
school related," and "Your parents will know before I do anything."
April Fools Day (1998)
On April Fools, we decided that we should do something to our other band director, Mr. Beard. At lunch we tried
forever to get him outside, and when we did, we clobbered him with 6 cans of silly string! He yelled,"Detention!
Detention! Major Detention!" During class that day, he called all of his "little friends" outside. He showed us what
looked like detentions,(but really weren't) and then said , "April Fools!" He said, "Since you guys love me so much, I'll
buy you all a pop." He led us to the coke machines and exclaimed," April Fools! Go back to class." He was lucky that
year compared to Mrs. Harris. That same day, two girls silly stringed her car AGAIN. At the beginning of school
the next year it still had it melted on it. Heh, heh.
Declaration of War (1998)
Still early April, Erin decided to make a "Declaration of War." She made it up really official looking. It said: A
state of war has officially been declared by HRH Erin, Queen of the United Kingdom of Silly String. The
beginning of the conflicts were begun by various 7th graders who fired at one, Mrs. Toye Harris' car and one, Mr.
Charles Beard, i.e. the band directors, with gaseous string-like material. The conflicts became even more tense when one,
Mrs. Toye Harris and one, Mr. Charles Beard threatened these various 7th graders with the cause of revenge.
Peace can only be achieved when one, Mrs. Toye Harris and/or one, Mr. Charles Beard, carry out their threat(s),
excluding detentions, which in the case of detentions being given, more gaseous string-like material may be employed in the
cause of war. Signed_______________ Dated________________ At lunch the next day, a few of us went up
to her and presented it to Mrs. Harris. She said that she was going to frame it. She also went around showing just
about every teacher sitting around her. Mr. Beard included.
Pay-back Time (1998)
The day school ended, a group of 7th grade band members saw Mrs. Harris pull up to school. We decided that we
wanted to kind of pester her, so about eight of us crammed into the small hallway of which she went. She told us we'
better enjoy the last moments of the day. We knew she was finally gonna get even. Erin friend and I ran to her mom's
school which was across the street and got some shaving cream out of her room. We had another teacher, Mrs.
Morgan, hang on to it for us and we were going to bring it to the assembly, but it was taken away and we never saw it
again. As other band students were warned of the threat, some non band students said that they had saw Mrs. Harris
at Wal-Mart buying like six cans of silly string! At lunch some of us had her sign our yearbooks. In mine it said,
"Jessica- It's been great Enjoy your last moments!" Threats similar to that were written in other peoples' yearbooks. In
6th hour, which was when band was for 7th graders that year, Mrs. Harris and her husband had us go outside and
everyone who ever played tricks or got in trouble had to stand in front of the cafeteria wall. Her husband read this
proclamation thing and then we all got silly stringed! After that, they lined up again and got sprayed by a water gun!
Then some kids went in and filled a bucket of water up and chased her and drenched her! Then some of us went into the
bathrooms and got paper towels an threw them all over her office. The silly string is still stuck to the wall and cement to
this day!
A New War (1998-99) After
Mrs. Harris did all that stuff to us, we had a social hour. During this time the cheerleaders held the PIE WARS.
Every student had an option to buy chances to be able to pie certain teachers and cheerleaders. Erin put 13 chances in for
Mrs. Harris and my her was drawn! It was pretty cool, but if the pie was REAL whip cream, she would have got it
good! After school was completely out, Heather Henry and Erin went to Mrs. Morgans room and borrowed a 20 oz.
bottle and a 2 qt. cup and filled them w/ water. We went to the band room and had Amber Prewett get Mrs. Harris
outside so we could soak her. Amber said that she needed to look at her car and after a couple minute of "pleading,"
Amber got her outside and we drenched her good! She said, "That's enough..." Too bad Mr. Beard didn't go to the
middle school that day. He missed out on all of the action. I bet he would of enjoyed it!We also give Mrs. Harris
Butterfingers and stuff during private lessons. (She HATES Butterfingers, but that's a whole other story!)This year
we have been doing numerous more small pranks, but the best of the year are yet to come!!! We're so annoying that
Mr. Beard always locks the door during lunch so we can't get in and bother him and Mrs. Harris, but we still wave
through the window. If we do get in they're like, "Go away! We're eating!" They're not being rude though, because they
know were always up to something. When we got back from Honor Band, 1999, I followed the new yearly tradition
started by Amber Prewett, by silly stringing Mrs. Harris with the traditional purple silly string. Amber and Erin
would have taken part, but began to chicken out. I felt the need to step up. :)I had an adult call Mrs. Harris outside to
"see what these kids are doing." She darted out and POW! Mr. Beard would have also been a victim of the "gaseous
string-like material" if he was there, but, he wasn't. We'll get him sooner or later!
Screen Saver Dilemma(1999)
Mrs. Harris, being the very nice person that she is, put "Mrs. Harris is the ruler or all WRMS band geeks!" on her
screen saver. My friend, Erin, and I found that to be very offensive, being that if anything, we are band NERDS
and not GEEKS. We threw a big fit about it and when Erin was in one of her lessons, Mrs. Harris was telling me
how I was complaining about the screen saver and how she was just going to get back at her. When Erin saw she was
putting "Jessica"...I told her that I was the one who brought it up in the first place, so she put, "Jessica and Erin are
the biggest of all band GEEKS!" and Erin yelled,"NOOOO! NOT GEEEEEKS!" So the next day,
Erin was in Journalism and decided to get even! With the assistance of my chorus geek friend Scott (it's
CHORUS GEEK and BAND NERD so I guess Mrs. H thinks we should be a band that sings???-huh,
highly unlikely. She hates it when we sing!)they made a banner that said, "Mrs. Harris is the biggest of band
GEEKS!!!! She is the only geek in the band because the rest of us are band NERDS!!!! So we're going to send
her across the Akilai flats in a nuclear-powered, monkey driven tuba!!!!" (The Alkilai flats and nuclear-powered, monkey
driven thing was Scott's idea.) Erin took the banner in the band office after school and gave it to her and, heh heh, she
actually hung it above her office! That stupid screen saver was on the computer for a while, but now it just says stuff like,
"Merry Christmas..." She took the banner down, too, and supposedly threw it away. My friend Kelly got a petition
started to put it back up. It had over 40 signatures on it! I still haven't seen it up yet. I'm planning on making another one
for her.
On the Road (1997-99)
Band trips are always the
funniest part of band. Our normal trips are comprised with whoopee cushions and Butterfingers. We might even bring
some trash. (since the band directors sit in front and are close to the trash can, we will pass up our trash for them to
throw away.) The trash prank was once quite
successful with Mr. Beard. Amber Prewett kept pulling wrappers off of pop bottles and giving them to Mr. Beard.
As soon as he threw that away, she'd give him the lid and so on, and processes like that went on for at least 30 minutes
straight! Mr. Beard took it well though. On some trips, we do tend to go over board with the whoopee cushions, but
who cares?!?!? It's fun and funny! On my first band trip, about 20 minutes into it, the bus I was on broke down.
Everyone had to crowd on the other bus and there were very few seats without three people in them. It was torture!
Another bus did come up after our performance. What a relief! December 5th, 1998, was the first band trip of my
8th grade year. It was only about a 30 minute drive, but it was still fun. Erin Smith, Alicia Charles, and some other
people helped me write what we call "Christmas Songs-The Band Way".
DECK THE HALLS--
Deck the halls! The tubas farted! The "Fa la la la la" part...Then the trumpets became 'retarded'! The "Fa la la la la"
part again...Then the French horns killed the saxes! The next "Fa la la la la" part...With their bloody sharpened
axes!...The last "Fa la la la la" part (finally);
JOY TO THE WORLD--
Joy to the world! The director's dead! We cadenced on her head! And what about her body? We stuffed it down
the tuba! And blew it out again, and blew it out again, and blew it, and blew it out again!;
'TRUMPETS' WE HAVE
HEARD ON HIGH--
Trumpets we have heard on high! Drowning out Mrs. Harris' cry! Then she screams and screams galore! The trumpets
want to play some more! OH--------------The insanity! The trumpets won't shut up! OH--------------The insanity! The trumpets
won't shut up! French horns... Trombones... Tubas...Percussion... Saxes...) Erin and I made copies and passed them out
to everyone on our bus. About 15 minutes into the trip,we gave the cue to sing by sounding a whoopee cushion. We got to
about "Then the trumpets..." in DECK THE HALLS, when Mrs. Harris started yelling at us to quit singing.
Everyone kept going until about "Then the French horns killed the saxes" and Mrs. Harris DID scream and scream
galore! We shutup. It was a good prank, even though it didn't last long. .
The After Math of The Spring Contest (1999)
Our band didn't do so well, we made a "II" in sight reading and a "II" in contest. So I took It upon my self to cheer Mrs.
Harris up. I still had a small amount of purple Silly String left over from Honor Band so decided I would decorate her
car. being the respectful person that I am I didn't get her car. (you see, around christmas time she got a new Camry)
So I just sprayed all around her car. A few days later she announced in class that is silly string got that close to her car
again that we would be dead people , as she was saying that she was looking right at me. Then a dumb trombonist, ( I
won't mention his name because he quit band) told her he knew who it was . Her reply was, "So do I."
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