So there's this band... Part 2
Last night was definitely a good experience. They didn't have a french horn for me to use (and I'm still kicking myself for not bringing my mellophone with me) but they gave me music and a t-shirt and enjoyed my singing of my parts, especially when noone else had that particular line ^_^
There are a lot of things that seem to remain the same no matter what kind of band I'm in... the trumpets and saxes ribbed eachother and threw good-natured insults across the group; ALL of the trombones are named Chris; half of the clarinets wanted to be playing something else (usually a bass clarinet) and the percussion section was so late... how late were they? They were so late that none of them showed up. ^_^ But everyone really enjoyed themselves, including me and the other 3 new people, and I'll be back next week.
As an asside, I'm seriously considering using some of the spare foam I have lying around to make a soft-case for my mellophone... I really don't want to drag a 10 lb case around in order to carry around a 3 lb instrument... especially since I'm not nearly as likely to hurt it in transit as I was in high school :P
There are a lot of things that seem to remain the same no matter what kind of band I'm in... the trumpets and saxes ribbed eachother and threw good-natured insults across the group; ALL of the trombones are named Chris; half of the clarinets wanted to be playing something else (usually a bass clarinet) and the percussion section was so late... how late were they? They were so late that none of them showed up. ^_^ But everyone really enjoyed themselves, including me and the other 3 new people, and I'll be back next week.
As an asside, I'm seriously considering using some of the spare foam I have lying around to make a soft-case for my mellophone... I really don't want to drag a 10 lb case around in order to carry around a 3 lb instrument... especially since I'm not nearly as likely to hurt it in transit as I was in high school :P