Kristen

Dear Sisters,

My experience in TBS has meant a lot to me.  Those who know me know that I love band. It’s one thing that has always been there for me. From the first moment I watched my biological older sister Jessie on a marching field I knew that was for me. I have never been the one to feel like I fit in anywhere and I’m definitely the kind of girl who is a Jack-of-all-trades but a master of none, and because of this its hard for me to become a part of something. But despite of all that I am able to devote everything I have to band and the people in it. My favorite thing is band and I don’t know what I would do without it.

This past weekend I was able to go to my first District event and my love for this organization has grown immensely. I made so many friends and I’m so glad to have met everyone. Some of the most influential people in my joining TBS include my sister Jessie, Sarah Keene and Zachary Giddings.

My sister has been such an example to me all my life. As we have grown together we have become so much more than blood sisters, we have become best friends. I know she has done a lot for me and was the reason I joined TBS. The love she shows for everyone she comes in contact with is means a lot to me and I look up to her a lot. I don’t know what I would have done without her up here in Logan. I am so grateful for her and glad that I’m able to go to school with her.

My Big is Sarah Ruby Keene. I love her to death and the love and dedication she has and shows towards our organization has inspired me a lot this year. She has the biggest heart and I’m glad that I have gotten to know her this school year. I definitely look up to her.

Zachary Giddings is one of my favorite people in the world, and I also look up to him. From the time I was a freshman in high school Zach has been someone I could turn to at any time. He has always been so kind and loving to everyone he knows and is not afraid to be himself. I’m so glad that I was able to work and grow under his leadership as a drum major and even though that was his title he served the band long before it was, and was able to encourage others to give there all. I am glad that he is now my sister in the bond and I will always love him.

All the people I met, Sammy-Q, Hans, Jon, Clint, Pedro, Pablo, Erik, all my brothers and sisters mean so much to me and I will never regret my decision to be a part of this organization. I will always dedicate my heart and soul to bands and higher learning because music has always been such a big part of my life and I love surrounding myself with the people that feel the same.

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-Kristen Santa Maria