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Band Stories #1
Okay I’ve been in a depressing mood recently cause I just realized how messed up some lives were and how lucky I was but here’s a little band story.
Some context: I’m really energetic and I hate sitting still for long periods of time with nothing to do.
At a concert, there were two new pieces premiering, one from the high school group, and one from my class. I was sitting there with nothing to do (because I didn’t want to dissapoint my conductor/teacher by pulling out my phone) just listening to the premiered piece for around 25 minutes.
Once the piece was done, (my teacher already told us what to do beforehand) I waited for his signal and literally ran up the steps two at a time to the backstage area yelling “Yayyyyyy!” cause I was sitting still for way too long.
And he literally just goes “That must be Catherine”
I swear I’m making everyone immune to the random shiz I do.
A Story about Grace Notes
This is a doozy.
So, we're playing Fever in lesson right? Barely anyone turns up to lessons, so it's just me and two other flutes. We're blocking Fever and the conductor asks "what's that note?" And points to the note(s).
None of us know, and so our conductor turns to the poor grade seven beside her and says (in a joking way) "You should know this one."
The girl's looking kinda scared, so the conductor just says:
"It's a grace note, Grace!"
-LilFlute
BAND👏BUS👏CHAOS (Part 1?)
We've all been there.
The band bus.
Hordes of highschoolers/college/university students pile onto a bus for who knows how many hours and they travel to a far away place, be it for a training camp, workshops, a tour, or even a competition. We've all experienced the absolute madness that is the Band Bus.
I'm gonna spill my experiences with it.
So each year, there's the usual set up of:
New kids/year sevens/bus sick up the front with teachers and parents chaperoning. Year eights take up a tiny section in the middle-front. Then the year nines are the middle of the bus (most of us) with some grade eights and tens. Then the back of the bus is a shitstorm of the brass players of every grade and percussionists from every grade, along with any seniors from other sections. It's a madhouse. I'm towards the start of the roll, and usually the most eager to get on and seated, so I usually get a seat up the back with all the party-goers.
I'm from a tiny band of thirty to fifty players, so we squeeze onto a 64 seater with relative ease. There's never been a year where we've needed two buses.
You know that time when it's getting late, but you're almost to your destination, so you're all super excited that you can't sleep? That's the band every year. Everyone's hyped to get to the fancy hotel, or the cool PCYC (and possibly the beach before rehearsals), so there's music softly playing from someone's Bluetooth speaker, because the BD told everyone to shut up so the bus driver can navigate around the city.
I might do a part two to this, since there's more to the Band Bus than just the ride there! There's the ride back, the return trips from competitors to the hotel, there's all sorts of things!
Band Bus Story Submission!
"We have around 80-90ish people in our band and we have three buses. The brass bus has the least number of people and we’ve listened to Take me Home, Country Roads pretty much every time we’re on the bus. This past Tuesday, we listened to Barbie Girl by Aqua and Wannabe by the Spice Girls The brass bus is gr8"
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I still don't know how submissions work, but yeah! First story submission! Honestly this Band Bus sounds like the best thing ever. I'd be so down to join such a big band.
Stories!
Send in stories from band guys! You can send in from concert band, colour guard, marching band, jazz band, drum line, rehearsals, ect! Anything band or instrumental related!
Golden Chorale and a Headless Bear (Story Submission)
"So, a few weeks ago was our State competition. On our way home, we all stopped at Golden Chorale to eat and celebrate. One of the kids in my grade, a trumpet, ended up buying a teddy bear from a band aide for $30. In a matter of minutes, the teddy bear had its head sawed off with a steak knife. Our entire table was in a fit of laughter and rumor has it that the teddy bear is still headless today. That story is by far the highlight of the season. 😂"
- @scarletphantomprivateblog
Thankyou for the submission! That's amazing 😂 Wish stuff like this could happen in my school's band!
Keep sending in stuff guys! It makes my day to hear about your band stories!
-LilFlute
BAND BUS CHAOS [Part 2!]
So! The band bus post is in my top 5 most popular posts, so here's a pt. 2!
The bus ride back to the hotel once you've won a competition... don't we love those!
My band sings "WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" really loudly! And everyone gets in on it!! It's one of the times where I really feel a part of the band, regardless of section, age, or chair, everyone has fun. Because we achieved that win! We did it together!! I wish I still had videos, but I think I deleted them. It really shows that we aren't just some teens smashed together to make invisible wiggly lines, we're a team! A team that can do anything if we try!