On October 14, 2025, I interviewed Aria H, who is in 7th grade, asking her how she thought the March to the Meridian was. Aria is a part of the color guard. So she was holding a flag the whole time. Some of these questions were about how they liked it, if they were nervous about marching, and what they did not like about the March to the Meridian. There are many more questions I asked.
The first question was, “How did you feel going into the March to the Meridian?” Aria answered that she was nervous but really excited. The second question was whether she enjoyed it. She said, “Yes, but we could have done better.” She just thought that everybody was rushing and just wanted to be done with it. Another question was about your favorite part of March and why. Aria answered that her favorite part of March was hanging out with band friends and making music.
Another question I asked was what did you not like about Marching. Aria answered that she didn’t like it because the bridge was really narrow and hard to walk. She also thought people weren’t on beat and everybody was just rushing.
The second to last question was why did you choose to do color guard other than march. Aria answered with, “you cannot play oboe, which is my main instrument and I was struggling with the other instruments since I haven’t played them in awhile.
The last question I asked Aria was if it was easy to walk when you're holding/throwing a flag. Aria answered that on the bridge it was difficult and rough and really slim, but off it was pretty easy.
The second person I interviewed was Hadley B and I interviewed her on October 20, 2025. Now Hadley played an instrument in the march so now we get a different perspective. I asked the same questions I asked Aria except that instead of color guard I changed it to marching with an instrument.
The first question was how did you feel going in March. Hadley answered that she felt good, not nervous about it at all. The second question was if she enjoyed marching. She said yes because it was really fun.
Another question I asked was what was your favorite part. Hadley said that her favorite part was marching across the bridge because it seemed really cool, and something she had never done before. The fourth question was what did you not like about marching. Hadley answered with, it started raining while we were on the bridge, and it was cold.
The second to last question I asked was what is your instrument and why did you choose it. Hadley said that she plays the alto saxophone because my dad played the saxophone when he was in my grade. My last question I asked was if it was easy marching with your instrument. She answered yes, because we have a neck strap. This basically wraps up on what happened at the march to the meridian.
I hope you guys enjoyed having both perspectives on marching with a flag and marching with an instrument.
