1. When you hear music and you start marking time.

2. When you walk behind someone and you're in step with them.

3. When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.

4. When all your friends are in band.

5. When you don't mind changing clothes on a bus.

6. When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio.

7. When every guy/girl you're interested in is in the band.

8. When you like wearing your uniform.

9. When people ask you about your social life and you say, "Oh, you mean my flag/flute/drum/etc.?"

10. When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory.

11. When you've had a "trombone-ectomy"

12. When you practice your instrument or twirl your flag more than you talk to your dog.

13. When being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life.

14. When people worry when they see you without your instrument or flag.

15. When "armed guard" means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a gun.

16. When band camp is FUN.

17. When you respond to "band geek"

18. When someone says the word "box" and you automatically put your head up.

19. When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name.

20. When you dress the lunch line, and urge others to do the same.

21. When you're alone and you suffocate because there's no one telling you to Breathe.

22. When slides feel normal.

23. When your instrument or flag has a name.

24. When you remember your instrument's/flag's birthday and forget your mom's.

25. When making a circle is your biggest accomplishment of the day.

26. When back marching no longer reminds you of ballet.

27. When you give your instrument or flag a birthday party.

28. When you can make brown shoes look white.

29. When your uniform fits.

30. When silver star hair wraps become a fashion "do".

31. When you see your section more than you see your family.

32. When everyone wants to kill the other football team...and you want to kill the other band.

33. When you have dreams about selling Raider flags.

34. When you think evening practices should last a half-hour longer.

35. When you accidentally call your band director "Dad," or your colorguard director "Mom."

36. When you get ecstatic when you hear a song that your band played on the radio or in a movie.

37. When you can put on your uniform in less than 10 minutes.

38. When reeds taste good.

39. When Subway is part of your daily diet.

40. When you think your plume is alive.

41. When marking time is your favorite form of exercise.

42. When you have a neck strap/harness tan line.

43. When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.

44. When numbers past 8 aren't important.

45. When you're more opinionated about other bands' field shows than the O.J. trial or the Clinton scandal.

46. When you roll-step through the cafeteria so you don't spill your lunch.

47. When you'd rather practice than read this list.

48. When letters past G aren't important.

49. When you get the jokes on this list!

50. When this list reaches 50.

51. When Mc. Donalds seems good to you.

52. When you are familiar with every rest stop on the east coast ("oh yeah, Delaware house, we were here last weekend...")

53. When you start to like Gritz! ew.......and when you've eaten at all the breakfast buffet places from VA to Miami, FL

54. When you can discuss the field quality and stand height (or equivalently for Indoor Guard people, the gym size, lighting conditions and stand height) for the majority of the high schools within 4 or so hours.

55. When your fav. restaurants are Subway and Waffle House.

56. When your favorite mode of transportation is yellow and seats 45

57. When the Phoenix Garden waiters and waitresses know you by name and you can say that you have almost sat in every seat in there

58. WHEN YOU STILL HAVE THE FARMERS TAN FROM LAST BAND CAMP!!

59. Or still have the farmer's tan from your Freshman year

60. When you hear a song on the radio and you think "hey that would be a good guard song!"

61. When you are playing pool or baseball and you start doing spins.

62. When your father and brother are on the floor crew and your mother is the sponsor...

63. When you've known your instructors since they were in high school, or if they still teach at their high school (Regular teacher, field show designer, etc)

64. When your Bus gets lost and you can tell him which way to go.

65. When your parents still want to go to your circuit shows even though you are not in it anymore

66. During field hockey practice you start spinning your stick (drop spins and speedspins)

67. When your CD & tape collection is mostly made up of band and guard music.

68. When every non-guard song you hear has show potential and a complete routine in your mind while spinning your umbrella..

69.When you know what LXIX means!

70. When you have unexplained cravings for Subway or Chinese Food.

71. When you can get a good night's sleep on a bus.

72. When you're in a hardware store and you start spinning anything resembling a pole (brooms, mops, dowel rods)

73. When you go out in your back yard and practice for fun...

74. When you start to miss guard/ band...

75. When you're excited for band camp...

76. When you comment about a gyms lighting..."Wow, I love South Brunswick's lighting!!!"

77. When you're listening to the radio and every song you hear can be a good guard song...

78. When you start to figure out the counts, drill, and work....

79. When you walk onto a bus and say "Wow!! this one is bigger!!" or "Wasn't this the same bus we had last time??" or "Hey Joe! (bus driver) wussup?? how's the family??"

80. When you bring pillows and blankets and skip all day behind the flags because you love them.

81. When your closet is packed with uniforms from previous years.

82. When you are afraid of heights and you are up 100 feet in the air and humming one of the songs you marched to to calm yourself down

83. When you sit in class and spin your pen/pencil/ruler or whatever you get your hands on.

84. When you sit at HOME and spin forks/remote controls/ portable phone...

85. When you can relate to more than 2 of the "signs you've been in marching band too long."

86. When you're forced to play softball in PE class and then everyone wants you to spin the bat.

87. When you've seen more rounds of this post on the internet than you care to (or can) remember!

88. When you toss your brush, stuffed animal, remote control, portable phone, etc. and have to keep tossing it until you have caught it the "right" way, and maybe you count the rotations too.

89. When you can do make-up ANYWHERE!!!!

90. When you are used to changing your clothes on the bus while all the band members are there!

91. When you spin a baseball bat during PE just because you feel like it, and then you start teach people how to spin it.

92. Spinning your tennis racket when you should be watching the ball!

93. When you start spinning everything that comes into you hands.

94. When you teach your science teacher to spin a ruler and he can't stop.

95. Whenever you pass a Waffle House you yell "WAFFLE!," and everyone else replies "HOUSE!"; or you clap whenever you pass a Waffle House.

96. When you actually know that there are 16 Waffle Houses on 295& I-64 on the way to VA Beach.

97. You've heard of the Asian Honor council.

98. You find yourself going around school saying "WOW, that sign would look cool in the drum closet!"

99. You live by a point system based on spontaneity.

100. This list reaches 100. (hehehe!)