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Post by musicscifigirl on Jul 28, 2007 23:33:44 GMT -5
Since I started the last one I'll start the next one...
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Post by NinjaBaker on Jul 29, 2007 10:32:28 GMT -5
*hugs musicscifi girl for starting a new thread*
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Post by bariclaribob on Jul 29, 2007 12:57:21 GMT -5
I don't know what happened to all my friends (they're all in marching band with me). We all promised to keep in touch, especially a tenor sax and a bass clarinet. I've been e-mailing the sax and asking her what's going on, if she's mad at me or something, and to call or at least give me her number (which I lost). Maybe it's a coincidence, but she hasn't been online for a long time and I feel like she's deserted me. The last e-mails I sent her were self-pitying, so I can understand why she ignored those, but since then I've sent ones to her that just beg her to answer me, to tell me if I'm annoying her, so at least I can leave her alone.
Since I've had no luck contacting the sax in a while and we've been friends for quite some time, I haven't even bothered to call bass clarinet. I'm afraid that she's too cool to be my friend, even though she is the one who suggested we hang out this year. I highly doubt that she was just... I dunno, toying with me, but it's crossed my mind as of late. I think sax has been talking to her, and (I think I'm just paranoid now) and I almost wonder if they've decided to exclude me from whatever they're doing.
I just feel like I'm the only one shut out from the fun. I had such a good time during marching season with them, but all of a sudden, nothing. Despite the good times and the promises, nothing. And I counted on them to be in some of my classes when school starts, but I'm afraid that that might not be a good idea any more. Since I started hanging out with them earlier in the summer, some of my other friends have drifted away. I'm afraid that if sax and bass clarinet really have abandoned me, I'll be totally friendless this year.
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Post by friskylurker on Jul 29, 2007 13:45:26 GMT -5
:hug!: are you sure she's not on vacation? i'm sure you won't be friendless this year, once you start seeing people every day for band/school/et cetera, things will probably get better- it seems that even when people drift a little during the summer, it often fixes itself once school starts. plus, a new school year is a perfect opourtunity for making more new friends, too. there's always cool people you just haven't met yet, or don't realize how cool they are untill you get to know them
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Post by nphsdm on Jul 31, 2007 16:45:47 GMT -5
Gah, All-State auditions and FFA senior flute choir auditions are comming up in a month and I'm starting to get really nervous... It's my first time ever auditioning for pretty much anything (besides the wind ensemble at my high school, and Drum Major) with flute. I've only done solo and ensemble festival once, and I pretty much breezed through that with straight superiors in everything, I even got two superiors at state festival (which was the most anyone got this year at my school, and that was only me) So, now I feel like I'm kind of expected to get into All-State and the Flute Choir... which is starting to make me really nervous and frustrated with everything. Slowly all my practicing is starting to become pointless because all I can think about is the auditions and me screwing up royally, not getting into either, and then looked down upon by my director and private teacher, who are REALLY rooting for me... especially my director. We've never had an all-state player at my school (it's only 7 years old) and this year is the first time we're actually sending people to try out, and my BD is pretty seasoned, along with the assistant BD. So, I'm just kinda... there. Hug me!! >_<
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Post by stickshifty on Jul 31, 2007 19:59:42 GMT -5
^ All State is fun. Our school is 20-odd years old and next year we're hoping to hit the 100 mark for people making All State. I think our record for people making it was 18 and that was my sophomore year (I got to go too :]). Good luck with your audition! Ugh. Band camp is hell for my knees. I have a new brace for my left knee, but the problem with having twisted femurs is that my knees have a tendency to collide into each other, and the brace is really beating up the inside of my right knee. Not cool. Not to mention the chaffing. Ugh shoot me. But I'm getting an undersleeve for it so hopefully that will help. I also had a mini panic attack when I was backing up in a set (at a 170 tempo) and I tripped over a staff person. My first instinct was to protect my brand-new (just out of the cellophane wrapper yesterday) mello, then HOLY MOTHER OF JESUS MY KNEES! But I didn't fall because I was backing up on my tippy toes. I'm trying to remain positive through band camp this year, but I just feel so... defeated. I ask myself, "why am I doing this to myself?" and I have no answer other than without band, I am not me. But still, is marching worth all of the crap I have to go through?
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Post by Duel of the Flutes on Aug 1, 2007 12:27:11 GMT -5
I need a hug because I miss international band. a LOT. last night I went to the international choir (and orchestra) concert at Hill Auditorium, and 4 other kids from tour, including my boyfriend from tour, were there, and I realized exactly how much I missed them. but here's a hug for everyone that needs one.
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Post by trumpetislife on Aug 4, 2007 16:50:58 GMT -5
My whole band needs a hug. deffinatly. our bd isnt coming back this year! and we just found out yesterday. i guess what happened is that there was an opening in another town that is closer to him and it was open for i guess like 5 days and he took it. i guess its good for him cus he has a wife and 2 kids and the school that hes going to doenst have a marching band and doesnt have a play or ne thing so he would have more time with his family. but it was such a shock to all of us! i heard from one of the DM for next year. but yeahh and we dont know as of right now whos going to replace him and we were going to the gator bowl next year in florida but i guess now thats a maybe because we dont know if the new bd is going to want to take on such a big trip his/her first year. this is such a shock for all of us. seriously none of us saw it coming. i dont think our bd even saw it coming
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Post by stickshifty on Aug 4, 2007 17:12:59 GMT -5
^ Wow I'm sorry for you and your band. That's gotta be tough. My knees are pretty much shot right now. Band camp is over (thank god) but we did five run throughs in a really close proximity plus the stress of having to march on them for so long this week. They aren't as bad as last season (:knock on wood: so far) but that still doesn't mean that they don't hurt. And my hamstrings are so freakin tight so that doesn't help my knees out any. I can't lift my right leg higher than a 45 degree angle it's that tight. My left one is a little bit looser thank god.
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Post by bariclaribob on Aug 4, 2007 18:01:36 GMT -5
Tough luck with the legs! Hope they heal up pretty quickly. Trumpetbandgeek, I totally know what you're going through. On a seemingly random day towards the end of the school year, our bd announced he was leaving to teach at a community college. Luckily, the new bd is someone who has worked with our marching band, student taught here, and accompanied me at s/e, so we all know who he is and are getting used to the idea. It's really tough. Best of luck.
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Post by bandislife on Aug 4, 2007 19:57:28 GMT -5
Hugs for all.
Ok. So last night I couldn't fall asleep because everytime I would try to lie down, it would get really hard for me to breathe and I'd get dizzy and have to sit up. So I tried sleeping sitting up, and that didn't work either. And then this morning, my mom insisted that I go to the doctor, since I've been having trouble breathing at night for a little while now. I really, really don't like doctors. They scare me. But anyways, they're sending me to get an x-ray, which sounds even scarier. So, I just hope it's allergies like I think it is. Or anxiety. They said it could be anxiety.
And then to top it off, my parents have been arguing like crazy lately. My mom keeps telling me to stay out of it. I feel so helpless.
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Post by bariclaribob on Aug 4, 2007 21:29:02 GMT -5
Oh my goodness! That's awful. I know how you feel about doctors. When I was little, I was constantly going in for blood tests, so I became terrified of nurses and doctors alike. Don't be afraid of them. Don't hate them. They're going to help you work out what's been going on lately. Maybe part of your parents' arguing has to do with the stress of what you've been going through? I would try to extricate yourself from their fighting so as to not worry yourself even more. If you are having problems with anxiety, the last thing you need to do is to try and referee your parents.
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Post by musicscifigirl on Aug 5, 2007 11:46:31 GMT -5
I go back to school in a few weeks and I don't know the pieces I was supposed to learn *crawls under rock so flute professor doesn't come after her with bazooka*
What really sucks about coming back for the summer after freshman year is that my abundance of friends from high school has gone on without me and we don't really hang out anymore...it's really sad. One of them worked at Cedar Point all summer, another got married, another went to Europe for a month, etc. All the rest haven't really talked to me much either. The only person I really hang out with on a regular basis is my boyfriend. I guess that's growing pains. Things wont ever be the same as they were in high school. Even so, I'm not really looking forward to going back to school either, because I'll have to leave the few friends who have stuck with me *hugs Power Flutes*.
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Post by Flutist Kes on Aug 5, 2007 14:08:12 GMT -5
I'M STILL HERE! Seriously, just call me or something. I usually don't have much going on. I just don't have a ride. I think Duel and I were supposed to get together and watch the fifth Harry Potter movie at IMAX at some point. Huggles to everyone.
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Post by Duel of the Flutes on Aug 5, 2007 14:33:37 GMT -5
I'm still here too!! yeah, you should come w/ us to see Harry Potter in IMAX. which, by the way, we need to do that sometime soon. and I'm still in international band withdrawal. I miss it more than anything. I can't even listen to the music we played without getting thoroughly depressed.
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