Klarinet Archive - Posting 000532.txt from 1996/07

From: Marylou G Verano <savorygrrl@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: CBDA
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 03:11:20 -0400

Dearest STEVE...

I was very happy to receive your reply! I sent out that notice on a whim
and had a very good response.

I have made the all-state band in 1995 and 1996. I am soon to be a
senior in high school. I know what you mean about being obsessive over
certain parts... oh Lord... I was such a perfectionist last year and it
took me 8 hours to make my final all-state tape. I'm not too much of a
perfectionist anymore. Life is too ironic...

This year during the auditions, the roll call people were idiots and
forgot to call my name at the wrong time. I had practiced myself nearly
to death and knew everything just about up and down... I got nervous
and I didn't do quite well on my audition. I ended up 25th in the
concert band. But no pressure, you're right... I was down about that for
a while but now I just play for fun, and more power to me if I have
talent. :)

Ah... we played "Valdres" in our community band! That's the funky
Norwegian march... LOL... I think lots of things have changed. The
All-State members now stay in hotels and I think that each year's
sight-reading piece is now handwritten by the judges.

This year I was in Stockton, the year before, in Oxnard. There was no
CMEA trip this year, and I was kind of bummed about that. Last year we
went to Pasadena, but nothing so flashy as Disneyland!!!

If you are familiar with modern band literature, next year will be the
40th or 50th anniversary of the all-state band, and the establishment is
flying in two esteemed conductor-composers -- Elliot Del Borgo and Johan
de Meij. Wow! There's no way I can lose if I make it! I'm quite
familiar with both of them! (excited)

Well... things have changed quite a bit in CBDA procedures... schools are
now allowed to send in 7 tapes -- 5 from the "standard" instruments and 2
from an "endangered species" list of tuba, contra-bass clarinet, etc. In
past years CBDA has had trouble getting those instruments for all-state.

Well whaddaya know... this year, for the first time in CBDA history, my
school sent 7 people to all-state! 2 clarinets (one meeee!!!), 3 French
horns, and 2 tubas.

I live in Suisun City, CA, and I attend Fairfield High School in
Fairfield. (P.S. Any Scarlet Brigade alumni out there??? Would love to
hear from you!!!)

I attend several honor bands every year. It's a good thing. :)

Marylou Verano
savorygrrl@-----.com