So guess what guys- I had band solo and ensemble festival today! Yayzles! Well, I did well. (Before you read this, 1=awesome, 4=crudish crud.)

During the whole day, I did a solo, a duet, a quartet, and a percussion ensemble. On my solo, I sucked. I played it okay, but then the judge told me to play it again, and by then I'd lost my lip. Ouch. I got a 3. Then, I had to sub for my friend (who was sick) in his trombone quartet, except I of course played the baritone, since I didn't bring my trombone. We got a 1 on that, although I sightread it. () After that, I had to find this sophomore who used to go to my school, who owns at trombone, to replace that same friend in our duet. It actually ended up pretty well. We got a 1.

And last....

Percussion Ensemble.

My band director really lost it on this one. He picked out a piece called "Bossa Novacaine", and yes, you read that correctly. (Well, I can't guarantee that since a good number of you are most likely visually impaired, but I said it anyway because it wouldn't sound cool otherwise.) It was actually pretty cool, I played the marimba.

Which I learned to play two weeks ago, by the way.

And we got a 1.

Isn't life great?