I'm here... I'm still twitching, which means I am alive. Awesome!
Found my MP3 player - woo-hoo! I have so many good tunes on it. It was in my filing cabinet at work - duh! I missed my tunes. ::happy sigh:: Now, if I can just find the PC software to DL even more, I'll be a happy camper.
I just found out when my marching band kids' band camp is. Green Machine Rules! This is a GOOD paid gig, plus it's a labor of love, so I've stuck with it. Plus, they call me Flute Girl, which I love (began within the first week I started there). I don't completely know what I'm doing with the clarinets and saxes as much as the flutes and pics, but the theory is the same and the only thing I lack is the instrument technical skill.
The kids are performing "Carmen" this year. It should be really entertaining... I'm looking forward to it. So far, my favorite year has been "Gladiator". The music was fast-paced and the drill was hard (my favorite kind of music and drill, it just so happens!). One of my best piccoloists is drum major this year, though. ::difficult gulp:: That's a thorny pill to swallow. :( She'll be a good drum major, no doubt, but I'll miss her incredibly as a piccolo! We have at least one, if not two, other good piccolos, so the section will be fine. I always worry when I lose even one member.
...................NO DRAMA THIS YEAR PLEASE.................please
WARNING: I'M BRINGING MY FLOGGER, MUZZLES, EXTRA PICCOLOS & TRANQUILIZERS (very important training tools)
I hope we have more clarinets this year. Last season, we had one alto clarinet and one bass clarinet. ::scream:: Our saxes MORE than doubled the clarinets. We had a total of 48 people last year (guard/percussion included). The booster club president, Krista, told me today we had more than last year, but she didn't specify. I'll wait and see! I'm excited about this year. I think we have a good group of motivated kids... hey, we've been training them to be that way for the past few years! We'll probably try Upper-State this year -- woo-hoo! It's being held on my birthday this year!!! My 11th grade year, it was on my birthday, too. Fun stuff!!!
My mom used to chaperone the competition buses and the football games. Believe it or not, it was the most fun I had with her in high school! You might think I wouldn't have wanted her to be on a bus with me, but it never bothered me. We band nerds never really fit into the same category as everyone else anyway, so having our parents around was not "uncool."
More later... tater
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