As the title implies, I'm going to list down a few things that make us US! >:)

WHEN WE DO DRILLS,

we know we're lifting our legs 90 degrees when:
- At 5 o'clock in the field, our shadows never lie.
- we can see our knees, dude.
- our thighs start to ache.

We know we're spinning when...
- Our skirts swish (and the guys? dunno)
- Our shoes have holes in their soles!
- Everything's a blur.
- Your shoulders ache from all the jerking.
- We forget to breathe.
- When spectators go 'wow'.
- when we hear the slamming sound on our bell (oops)

But all in all, we know we've got good drills when we win BEST SECTION (DRILLS)!!! WOOOO!!

I want everyone to add on to the list I made above kay??

I also have a few tips: You know you're not *&%$#ing horsekicking (when your legs look like this: > where the pointy part is the knee) when you can actually see the tips of your toes as you hentak, considering you POINT YOUR TOES (cannot emphasise this enough) and you lift your legs.

FRENCH HORNS, THERE IS NO EXCUSE! Us sec fours EXPECT (haha more like DEMAND) WORTHY drills on your part...

I shouldn't even be reminding you people about drills anymore. Our drills are hardly up to standard, man. Have you seen em properly?

Why am I suddenly so affected by all this? All these years, our drills as TK Band have made us who/what we are - unique. Our drills (and posture) are but our pride and legacy passed on from Ms Irene Joseph's time.
We should be thankful that our "intensive drills" aren't even THAT intensive now... Even so, it doesn't justify the reason why our drills are totally not up to the standards of what it used to be. We as "carriers of the legacy (omg so corny)" should feel ashamed to only hold remnants of what used to be. This shouldn't be happening.

Now, the majority of the band members would say to the minority: "Wow!! Your drills are sooo gooood!!"

Back then, I'm pretty sure they would've said: "Eee... Why your drills so ugly one?"

To make us who we are as a band, (and I mean AS A BAND), we can't have so few of us with examplary drills while the rest aren't nearly there. By what many can see now, we make people with good drills stand out like sore thumbs. And that's just sad.
I'm not gonna get started on band unity (never worked that way anyway), but the least we could do is have the same standard of drills throughout - be it sec ones or sec fours. It's not even about unity anymore - It's about coordinated execution of movements.

I'm not asking for more of us members to have good drills... But ALL of us members with good drills. I'm telling you - it's not difficult at all. Start early and it will stick to you like glue.

So HOOORNS, I believe we have what it takes to uphold the TK Band standards. We do - I know it. Seen it over the years, too. Besides, what better way to get the band in shape than to get the section in shape first?

UPHOLD OUR PRIDE, OUR LEGACY, OUR HONOUR!
>:)

P.S. Next time somebody praises you on your drills (which should be pretty soon if you begin to bother), no longer just shy away meekly and laugh and say "No, my drills are normal...". GET IN THEIR FACE and say
“These aren’t only good drills… These are TK BAND drills.”