Currently a senior patrol leader in boy scouts and having been a scout for 6 years, Junior Brian Hsiang, has built two uniform cabinets for his Cerritos High School marching band for his Eagle Scouts project.
The assignment as a Life Scout was to “plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to a religious institution, school, or community.”
Hsiang, an involved member of the marching band and the Mellophone Section Leader, decided to ask his band teacher, Mr. Trost, if there was anything that could be done to help the marching band. Because there was no space in the band room, the uniforms were stored in a caged area of the weight room. The marching band had no area of its own for the uniforms and therefore had to borrow a small section of the weight room. Hsiang decided that this would be a great opportunity not only to complete his project but to serve his peers by building a section used primarily for band and not having to mix their equipment with irrelevant materials.
Hsiang built the storage cabinet in a small room in the passageway between the band room and the backstage of the Brewer Theater. This project made it more convenient for the band and its boosters to utilize and to store their uniforms because they would not have to walk the long distance to the weight room anymore.
Hsiang is learning to balance his demanding junior year with marching band, boy scouts, and 4 AP classes; however, he believes it will all be worthwhile in the end.
“This is my third year in the Cerritos High marching band, and the part I like most about it are the moments we have as a band, when we put on a good and clean show for the audience without having too many mistakes,” said Hsiang. “Even though it requires almost 18 hours a week of practice aside from my busy junior year schedule, it really pays off to do hard work and enjoy the experience with my friends at the same time.”
He hopes for the Cerritos High marching band to place in the top 5 of their 3A division so that they will be able to continue onto the WBA State Marching Band Championships this year.
“After work and the clean up, I really felt accomplished and a whole load came off my back,” said Hsiang. “After spending days and nights and plentiful of hours during the summer, when I could be working on summer assignments, it feels great to have that sense of completeness. Especially since the planning and the execution of an Eagle Project is probably the hardest thing in a boy scout’s life.”
