A Fast Paced School Week

On Wednesday our school returned for normal classes after observing MLKJ day. As stated in the previous post, the French Horn auditions were tied, four of us for first place. On Wednesday morning my band director told us that we had to re-audition, as expected. The catch was the audition material...all twelve major scales memorized, chromatic scale, and sight reading. Luckily, I already had about eight of the scales and chromatic memorized, so I only had to memorize four more.

The next day we walked in and the director picked two scales (both of which were completely easy) that we had to play. Auditioning second, I played all my scales really well and my sight reading was somewhat "iffy." Although the whole section (and somehow it got around the band) thinks that I will be first chair, I doubt it will happen. Sometimes as much as I want to be first chair in the band, I realize that second chair is nice because one doesn't have to do as much. Some people may call this taking the easy way out, but those that already know me, know that I hardly ever take the easy way when it comes to my decisions...so I have full trust in myself to relax on this one.

On another note, yesterday Mer had her second gymnastics competition. I don't remember what her scores were, but I can say that she improved dramatically on the uneven bars. She was very nervous, but it turned out really good for her. I am so proud. Afterward we went to Ihop and ate with my Nana and Papa (grandparents). It reminded me of the winterguard days when we would go to Ihop after a competition. I didn't get as many good pics as last time, due to the layout of the gym, but now here are some pics to end off the entry...