I know, I haven’t posted in over a week. It’s been busy, on top of which Sophie watched the Sound of Music last week and my brain has decided that instead of thinking rational thoughts it will just play the soundtrack over and over.  It is shocking, but I actually know all of the words to “Sixteen Going on Seventen” and “Edelweiss” and “The Clock in the Hall”.

I am really not wanting to do school this week…grrrrr. Ben just finished his math and will not stop bragging about it. Plus I can’t play my horn this week cause the string on the back of the second valve wore out. PLUS in orchestra (or as swinehart calls it “orch”, which somehow to me says, “dork”) we are doing the Disney Classics MedleyFrom Hell. If I have to play It’s a Small World After All again I might die. In the band version of Disney Classics there are at least three different styles of playing that song, including polka and mariachi. Who exactly came up with the idea of mariachi It’s a Small World? Not to mention putting it in a piece of music that they will sell at exorbitant prices to high school band directors? And including in that music such annoying repetitive songs classics as “You Can Fly” and “Zip a dee Do Dah”? And were they drunk at the time? I need to know.

I don’t mind the band Disney music as much though because I hardly have to play; it’s mostly either rests, keeping-the-beat kind of notes, or Ryan Solo notes (there is a ridiculous number of horn solos. Most of them only last one note. I actually have one. I play four notes. Over two measures. It will be the highlight of my career I’m sure.) , but I’ll definitely be glad when this trip is over. Only 25 more rehearsals until our concert, so that’s only 10 rehearsals for me. Then there’s the recital, at which I will be playing half of the Bach Double because I somehow lost my mind and agreed to polish it up for my brother. Also a slow extremely finicky Handel Sonata.

 

I know that this is incredibly boring and you probably aren’t reading it anymore. My life will revolve around music and school for the next two months. I’m sorry. Coming tomorrow (I promise): Ethel the Singing Cow.

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