ClarinetGlissandoInBlue

Weber, Clarinet Concerto Rondo Region Music Movement for Rosa Shepard's Hey all at once...lol

this year's seniors were good, we juniors are great, sophmores are really bad (marching and dedication-wise), freshmen have no clue but follow the upperclassmen lead so they'll turn out pretty good. at practice, people run back to their spots and stuff. nobody sits down during a water break (not allowed to anyway )

some people speak gibberish, or it sounds like it anyway

area F is this Saturday!!! how frightening

practice clarinet... Do you believe in magic?

Dizzy Fingers - Benny Goodman....that was stuck in my head right before my HOSA med math test.... yeah, i made state!!

haha, so are we. i'm in honors music so i HAVE to play in the pit as a requirement... our tubas are gonna play percussion i think

anyone know of any upcoming concerts? i have to attend and critique 3 by the last day of school. i'd like to get started. maybe this thread could help other people too. from my searching, there's nothing from UH, SanJac or Rice for the rest of this year. There will be a Pasadena Philharmonic Concert at SanJac Central on Jan 28 at 2:30PM

freshman year (no lessons) - 45 overall last year (3 lessons) - 15 or 16 overall last week - 2 overall violin, clarinet, trumpet, and flutes have crazy competition, maybe not so much at region depending on region and the year, but i've heard that area is absolutely crazy. i'll be actually practicing this holiday - not like thanksgiving week when i said the same thing and never touched the instrument...

haha nice.... have y'all tried ctrl + W ??

the texans

lol probably your computer, it's going crazy on my laptop. maybe i'll put a warning on it... who had to write an honors band paper? mine was 5 pages, typed the day before and the day that it was due - we got the assignment back before thanksgiving, due yesterday

looks cool

left mouse button

yes, but you gotta get past finals first...idk is it worth it? what do you think about my sig? i might take it off, might cause seizures

cowards

10 haha that great. do you have an alternate sig? ctrl + w

update on us: Movement for Rosa seems like it's going to be our grade 5 sightread - Shepard's Hey - very fun piece, possible 4. looked at a sousa march

thanks Sarah! congrats to you too! how did Ralph do?

oh they took 11 5A clarinets today and 1 4A. i got 2nd!! yeah, our BD said 4 clarinets and 4 trumpets, but that would be crazy...

how many people do they take from region to move on to area? what percentage do they take - since smaller regions send less people i've tried searching around, but maybe someone here knows... i thought it was 1/3 of the people who made region (not district), but this year, i heard that region 19 was only taking 4 clarinets out of 30 to make it in. idk, i guess i'm just nervous for tomorrow's placements (trying to maintain 3rd or move up if possible, i think i might prefer making 15 on the first night by a fluke and go into the 2nd round under the radar)

for school band or region?? for school we don't have chairs. for the past two years i've been in top band and have played 1st, 2nd, and 3rd part on 3 different songs both years. right now, it seems like that's the case for this year too, idk. during our concerts, you see me switching chairs between songs.

one guy from friendswood is going 5a this year that i know of... there goes a spot, he's real good

we only get one outta state trip per 4 yrs... last year, we marched in Disney World this year, they are going to San Antonio again - they cause im not going

our alternates stand in a line next to the pit, at ease. everyone marches on the field until the 4th game, then it's contest mode and spots are set it's nice to work in alternates, but some bands try that and have them doing box drill or marching in some alternate line backfield, it's kinda weird when not well integrated.