Well, Band Camp is over. Tuesday night we learned all the drill for Segment 5. it went really well. Wednesday night we reviewed 5, put music and drill together, and then did segments 4 and 5 together. Finally, on Thursday night we reviewed segment 1, which has always been our weakest segment. By the end of the evening we were able to run segments 1-2 and 4-5 without any major difficulties. That puts us in really good standing for our first competition, which is in less than 2 weeks. Kris and Benson were discussing how they might alter the show for the first competition. Kris was discussing standing in place while playing a sgement of music, or perhaps cutting a segment off. All the really matters is that we meet the minimum time requirement. I think it's 7 min, but I'm not sure. And we've got a grand total of 4 mornings to get all that figured out. Woohoo!!
In a related story...Tuesday night I found out about All-State!! I got into the Symphony Orchestra!!!! I am SO excited!! I just want the end of November to come right now!! (that's when All-State is). I won't even get my music until October! This is the part where I need to learn patience. I don't know all the vocalists who made it - all I know is that Eleanor got in and Peter was placed as an alternate.
Friday night I got an e-mail from Dr. Sanders at the Crane School of Music saying that he could meet me 4 o'clock on Saturday. So on Saturday, we made the 5 hour drive to have a lesson with him. He was incredible. He really helped change my thinking about articulation (one of the things I struggle with) and how I think about my practice sessions in general. It was really neat. Of course, the really long drive home wasn't exciting, and I fell asleep (Dr. Sanders had given me a CD he wanted me to listen to and call him, but my body told me it was more important to sleep).
This week I seriously need to sit down and work on my Extended Essay. I've got all the research and everything, it's just sitting down and typing it that I don't like. Plus it all sounds incredibly stupid when I'm writing it out.
And I also need to get filling out college applications. Ick.
And I've got Youth Orchestra auditions in 2 weeks. And there are 2 other clarinets auditioning, so now I actually have to do well.
I really don't want school to start. But here's my schedule anyways:
Homeroom/1 - Band
2- English HL2 Radford (new English teacher/IB coordinator)
3- Music HL2 (I'm not sure who's teaching the class, probably HC)
4- Bio SL1 Taylor (does anyone know who that is??)
5- AC Bio Lab, BD Gym
6- LUNCH
7- HOA HL2 Hurd
8- AC TOK2 Baker, BD Spanish SL2 Tunison
9- STUDYHALL
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