Last quarter (3rd quarter;even though we haven’t had Spring Break yet, it’s ALREADY 4th quarter of my 7th grade year) we took a playing test in band. Until today, we hadn’t gotten our tests back. We got them today! I was pretty scared, I thought I messed up on some part, so I was hyperventilating at the beginning of band…I was pretty sure that I would lose my (1st) chair.
Buuuuuuuuut……….
I didn’t! J got 2nd and was SUPER happy about it! D, who had been previously been 2nd, moved to 3rd (they basically switched). Other D (he likes to be referred to as “Better D”) got moved to 5th chair, and he was 7th before.
Anyway, band book 2. We’ve been waiting to finish out our book one, which we’ve been working through since 5th grade. No, we haven’t done the same warmups and practice line since then, but it has gotten annoying and repetitive. We’ve done the same warmup since beginning or middle of 6th grade! Tomorrow, though, we might be getting book 2! I’m excited to get it!
Mr. S, the music teacher who helps us out, recommended getting private lessons…I hope I can get them, because I’ll be able to advance more than a clarinetist who doesn’t take lessons, and because I can get some practice time in. It probably will only be this summer when I start though (if I even get to do them), so I have to wait a pretty long time. Though, considering how fast this year has gone by, I don’t think I’ll have to wait that long.
On another topic COMPLETELY, I’m 16 months post op! It’s almost been a year and a half! That’ll be in May…I’ll probably post about it. I feel like doing something special (like a QnA or something) but I don’t know what to do. I want to post something that I haven’t posted yet. I have a few months to think about it though, so I’ll wait to do anything until May.
-Titanium Girl 😀