I’ve started the second semester of 7th grade! I love 7th grade, especially the 7 periods a day thing, since we change every 50 minutes. My favorite classes are 3, 5, & 6. 3rd period I’m a TA (Teacher’s Assistant) for Special Needs, and I LOVE them! They’re all so sweet. 5th I have Art with Mrs. H, and she is SOO nice! I find myself wanting more time for art class before 6th period. And 6th is Band…I love band so much! The worst part is warm-ups though; we do this Rubank Scale Sheet thing and we do the exact same lines EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Like, we’ve already mastered it AND band book #1, and Mr. T hasn’t moved us to book #2. Anyway, we also had a playing test a couple weeks ago and I think I did pretty good on it. J has been 3rd chair for awhile, and I can tell he’s itching to be 2nd or even 1st chair again. I can’t wait for our results to come in, but I’m nervous that I’m going to lose my 1st chair! I normally feel like this after a playing test…
Also, this Saturday is Solo/Ensemble!! Solo/Ensemble is LITERALLY for solos and ensemble performances (I mean, duh!) First chair flute R, my friend who also has scoliosis and is in Girl Scouts with me, along with 2nd chair clarinet D, signed up in late November to be a trio. We’re playing Cradle Song, AKA Away in a Manger (weird that we’re playing Christmas music in January, but Mr. T chose it for us).
Anyway, but we had our LAST practice together before that morning TODAY. I’m excited, but I’m really nervous too…I really want to do well on this! I don’t want to mess up on the places that Mr. S (new music teacher at our school this year and he helps band and choir as well) is telling me that I’m messing up on. I’m going to work on it though.
The options for awards are as follows: Bronze, Silver, Gold, & Gold with Distinction. It’s not a huge ensemble v.s. ensemble contest, its like our band contest in the spring but with solos/ensembles instead of the entire band. Multiple people could get Gold with Distinction. I’m hoping we get Gold with Distinction!
Wish me luck!
-Titanium Girl 😀