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What's so great about band?
1. It provides a FAMILY - you sweat, cry, suffer, and succeed together.
2. It teaches you loyalty, commitment, and responsibility.
3. It provides an emotional outlet.
4. It doesn't require natural talent.
5. It gives you a place to belong.
6. Music transcends every language barrier.
7. It can build your confidence and self esteem.
8. It strengthens your brain and helps train your creativity, counting, math, and multitasking.
9. It teaches you patience, self discipline, delayed gratification, time management, organization, perseverance, and good work ethic.
10. Studies have shown that learning to play an instrument enhances a student’s academic performance in math, language arts, foreign language and other academic areas. Even standardized test scores such as the SAT are higher among musicians. (Can you say SCHOLARSHIPS?)
11. It keeps you out of trouble and increases your graduation chances.
12. It is loads of fun!
2. It teaches you loyalty, commitment, and responsibility.
3. It provides an emotional outlet.
4. It doesn't require natural talent.
5. It gives you a place to belong.
6. Music transcends every language barrier.
7. It can build your confidence and self esteem.
8. It strengthens your brain and helps train your creativity, counting, math, and multitasking.
9. It teaches you patience, self discipline, delayed gratification, time management, organization, perseverance, and good work ethic.
10. Studies have shown that learning to play an instrument enhances a student’s academic performance in math, language arts, foreign language and other academic areas. Even standardized test scores such as the SAT are higher among musicians. (Can you say SCHOLARSHIPS?)
11. It keeps you out of trouble and increases your graduation chances.
12. It is loads of fun!