Today was the first day back to school after the nice long Thanksgiving break. I couldn't sleep last night for I was worrying about missing a major grade in History and the awful region mock tryouts. Around 1 I finally fell asleep, but rewoke at 3 then finally slept till my alarm woke me up at 6:25.
This morning started off with me standing in front of the locked band hall with a few friends complaining about region. I told them I don't think I would go, since I was not ready to play rh music off yet. I also told it depended on the day of the mock tryout. I was replied with "Oh the email said trumpets are today." I began to flip out wondering what to do. After a few moments of freaking out I decided it was best just not to go.
After the band hall was unlocked I met up with my friend, Cavalie, I asked her if we turned our notes into History the day before we left. She said she was pretty sure we did and I started getting nervous. We walked to her locker to get her books for her next class and to check to see if she had her history notes for a major grade. She still had them not turned in! With our notes in hand we rushed to the class room to turn them in without a point deduction. The teacher was talking to a student about her daughter. We stood there for about 5 minutes until the warning bell rang, then finally the teacher looked at us. We told her about her not calling for the notes and if we can still turn them in now, the teacher laughed and said only the regular students turn it in PreAp has another major grade. We both sighed with relief and walked to our 1st period classes.
In first period the teacher wasn't here so we did nothing, I have a very good friend in that class so of course the period went by fast. Before I knew it it was time for band. I walked in getting nervous to tell the director I wasn't prepared to go. I grabbed another trumpet player who was not ready to go either for back up and we approached the directior, we stated how we were not ready or prepared and he replied with: "ok well I'll see you at the audition today and tell you if you can go or not" and he walked off. did he not understand what we just said?! Were not going to waste others times playing things we haven't learned completly! We sat through the class and played our band music for Christmas and we decided to talk to him again after we were finished. We approached him asking if we had to go if we were not ready and couldn't play it all. He asked if I was sure I didn't want to, for he knew the hard work I put into it. I replied saying I was sure and he agreed.
All my stress that I had worried about was gone! No region! No missing assignment! Now if only the whole school year was like this, I still have top band auditions to try out for near the end of the year, and not going to region really hurts my placement in there. As I was thinking thoguh, there isn't really anyone else who will stand in my way to making it. Now in January Solo & Ensamble is coming up and the stress will be back on. Only difference is Solo & Ensamble is my domain I don't do bad there, never in all my years playing trumpet.
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This morning started off with me standing in front of the locked band hall with a few friends complaining about region. I told them I don't think I would go, since I was not ready to play rh music off yet. I also told it depended on the day of the mock tryout. I was replied with "Oh the email said trumpets are today." I began to flip out wondering what to do. After a few moments of freaking out I decided it was best just not to go.
After the band hall was unlocked I met up with my friend, Cavalie, I asked her if we turned our notes into History the day before we left. She said she was pretty sure we did and I started getting nervous. We walked to her locker to get her books for her next class and to check to see if she had her history notes for a major grade. She still had them not turned in! With our notes in hand we rushed to the class room to turn them in without a point deduction. The teacher was talking to a student about her daughter. We stood there for about 5 minutes until the warning bell rang, then finally the teacher looked at us. We told her about her not calling for the notes and if we can still turn them in now, the teacher laughed and said only the regular students turn it in PreAp has another major grade. We both sighed with relief and walked to our 1st period classes.
In first period the teacher wasn't here so we did nothing, I have a very good friend in that class so of course the period went by fast. Before I knew it it was time for band. I walked in getting nervous to tell the director I wasn't prepared to go. I grabbed another trumpet player who was not ready to go either for back up and we approached the directior, we stated how we were not ready or prepared and he replied with: "ok well I'll see you at the audition today and tell you if you can go or not" and he walked off. did he not understand what we just said?! Were not going to waste others times playing things we haven't learned completly! We sat through the class and played our band music for Christmas and we decided to talk to him again after we were finished. We approached him asking if we had to go if we were not ready and couldn't play it all. He asked if I was sure I didn't want to, for he knew the hard work I put into it. I replied saying I was sure and he agreed.
All my stress that I had worried about was gone! No region! No missing assignment! Now if only the whole school year was like this, I still have top band auditions to try out for near the end of the year, and not going to region really hurts my placement in there. As I was thinking thoguh, there isn't really anyone else who will stand in my way to making it. Now in January Solo & Ensamble is coming up and the stress will be back on. Only difference is Solo & Ensamble is my domain I don't do bad there, never in all my years playing trumpet.