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You Might Be a Drill Team Member if...Part Two

© Kathryn Morton

Last week, I started a list of characteristics I found I and other people on drill teams have developed. Here is the remainder of my observations:

You might be a drill team member if...

• You have ever bought an album specifically for it's "danceable" tunes

• Dancing is one of the first items you write down when asked to list your hobbies

• You have ever found a pair of lyrical sandals, tap screws, or other dance items in your purse or wedged in the back seat of your car

• Your parents yell for you to "Come watch this!" when they see a dance show on TV

• You own or wish you owned shirts with dance slogans

• Scrunchies, rubber bands, and barrettes are your favorite hair accessory

• You know exactly who Gussie Nell Davis is

• You spend your fall Friday nights at football games

• You know your school fight song and alma mater by heart, and are frustrated by people who don't

• You have a variety of towels, shirts, and accessories in your school colors

• You mark time when you hear a marching band cadence...even if it's on TV

• You find yourself walking in step with people in the hallways

• For you, the school year is divided into football, contest, and show season--not merely fall and spring

• Your work schedule is arranged around after-school practices

• If your team practices in the mornings, you have perfected the art of rolling out of bed and being at school in half the time it takes your non-drill team peers

• Kneepads are your friends

• You have experience selling chocolates, cheeses, and other obscure, expensive goods to raise money for your team

• Puffy paint and glitter are a must for your home desk set

• You smile when "the music is on"

• When at Subway, you say "Yes ma'am" for each condiment

• You have a "big or little sister" on your team even if you are biologically an only child

• When you meet someone, you start talking about your drill team in 10 minutes or less

• Your lucky numbers are your tryout numbers

• You have ever called your mom in tears begging you to bring her some nylons, bobby pins, or shoe polish

• You can curl up in half a bus seat and fall asleep

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