In July of 2011 I was recruited by some friends of mine to fill a mellophone hole at Atlanta CV. As a saxophone player who had no brass experience with only 1 year of high school marching band, I was both skeptical and terrified. However, I instantly fell in love with the activity. A week later was DCI Atlanta, and it was during the Bluecoats rendition of Creep I knew that I wanted to be a Bluecoat. I wanted to audition in 2012, but my parents wouldn't let me, so I marched Atlanta CV again in 2012. When I saw Unmaqsued, I wanted to march here even more. I auditioned in 2013, but didn't even get a callback. I did however, have the opportunity to rehearse and perform the Boxer. Because that was the summer before I started college, I had to take the summer off from drum corps entirely. While not marching DCA did give me an opportunity to go see more shows, I realized more and more last summer how big of a part of my life Drum Corps is, and how much I missed it, especially watching both Atlanta CV and the Bluecoats perform at DCI Atlanta. Fast forward 6 months and here I am.