What's going on in band?

Our band director is gone. I'm the responsible officer, so I can't tell you why -- plus it's just plain mean to spread rumors, and I don't really know why anyway. But the fact of the matter is that he is indeed gone, and it doesn't appear he'll be coming back anytime soon.

But he wasn't just my band director. He was my hero, the person I looked up to, the person I wanted to be, the person whose opinion mattered everything to me, and who cared what anyone else thought?

Band nerd? Yes. But he really did mean a lot to me. He gave me my dream -- without him, I wouldn't be anything I am right now. He gave me confidence, he gave me music, he gave me passion.

We have a new director of course. And he's really cool, and he's doing an awesome job.

But I feel sadness none the less.