Worries

So, my big Orchestra concert is coming up soon, and to tell you the truth, I'm getting a wee bit nervous.  Ok, scratch that, I'm close to panicking.

My Orchestra is a bit weird: not enough players in one section, almost too many in another, kids who can barely play the music, and players like my friend Dylan, who has been accepted to audition at the top music school in North America.  We always pull off every concert, but for some reason, this time, it's getting scary.  We've got a really young violin section this year, who just isn't pulling their weight on some of the pieces.  We've never been this far behind scheduleon rehearsing pieces before, and some of the pieces are sounding butchered.  One soloist (my friend Lindsay) was in tears last time.  I'm worried.

Reasons for the below post

1. I was bored.
2. I was doing science homework.

3. I am sick.

4. I have a Chuck Norris fact generator on my computer

Such is life.

Today instead of going to school I had a run-out concert with my orchestra. This is where we go out to elementary schools and do an educational concert for them. It was rather insane: we played to about 1200 students from all over the area. Sometimes it got a little hairy... a gymnasium packed with screaming kids is a bit intimidating. But, we had fun and I think they did too. I spotted some members of my fan club too! *laugh* Last year when we played at this particular school, we got mobbed by a group of young students begging us to give them autographs! Me and a couple of kids were honestly signing for about a half-hour. It was rather hilarious. My friend started having a lot of fun by signing things like "stay in school" and "eat your vegetables." Having a fan club is weird, and not a little creepy. :$

This year I didn't sign autographs, I just played the pink panther theme for a bunch of kids who seemed obsessed with that particular piece of music. Who knew?