Story 4 (600 words)

There was a band named Chasing Bridges. They finally had their first show. The singer of the band was Justin Marie, the main guitarist was Nate Lowmair, the bassist was Sean Masson, and the drummer was Brendan Farley. The band all met during their freshman year. They all went to Lancaster High School and they didn’t know they could all play different instruments and had all the components of a band. Justin and Nate first started hanging out when they were both assigned to do a project for health class. They had to learn about what the other liked and disliked. At the same time Sean and Brendan were doing the same thing. Nate found out that Justin really liked to sing and play acoustic guitar, and Sean learned that Brendan liked to play the drums. Justin found out that Nate could shred on a guitar, and Brendan learned that Sean could play the bass like no other. During the next health class they all did presentation about each other and learned that they could all play different instruments. In health class their teacher brought up how they could all start a band. That sounded like a good idea to them, so they all got together during health class and they talked about how they practiced and where they learned. Everyone besides Justin went to classes for it. Justin taught himself how to sing and how to play guitar. This is how he escaped from everything that was going on in his life. Justin was the one who thought about making a legit band. They were throwing ideas around. One of the names they thought of was “Fridays With Her.” The entire band didn’t think that that was a good idea for the band.  They threw that name right out and came up with Chasing Bridges. Chasing Bridges was the very first home town band that had a chance of going somewhere fast. They practiced almost every day after school and sometimes during school they would go to the band room and write songs and make chord progressions. This is where it all began for them. The band came together and threw down all the money they could and booked a place on their first gig. It was at a little place, but they had to start somewhere. This was an important show for them because if they did great, it would help future promoters look for them and book them. If they could make a name for themselves then many doors would be opened that no one else would have open. They were watching the other bands perform and they felt like they weren’t as good as the other bands, but then they decided they would play the best show ever. They got their set list together and headed for the stage. They played 5 songs. The first song there was no one by the stage, but once they started playing people started coming. By the time the last song was played everyone was yelling encore. The only problem was the only other song they had was only half written and it wasn’t practiced once. They decided they would give them a little sneak peak, so they played about 20 seconds of the song and everyone was dying for more, so the band realized their little project would turn into something much bigger. They made a Facebook page and a twitter for the band and it was looking very good for them, but that’s when the unthinkable happened. Justin realized his full potential and left the band to try and go for a better band. The only problem is the band wasn’t as committed as his original band. Now Justin Marie works at Tops and doesn’t play or sing anymore.