Klarinet Archive - Posting 000696.txt from 2001/02

From: "Wildfire Coconut" <chateau_swamp@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] challenging (was: i'm new and i need help...FAST!)
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:03:31 -0500

well, what happens is she'll tell our band dir. she wants to challenge me.
we'll fill out a 'challenging form' and it will be held AFTER school a week
from that day. if i win, she can challenge me again or if i lost, i can
challenge back, and it will be held a week from that day. concert festival
is going to be in mid-march so they'll probably make the deadline for
challenging 2-3 weeks before that, that way everyone can get used to their
new parts. when we challenge, one of us goes into a room with our band
director facing the wall, that way he has no way of knowing who it is and
won't be able to play favorites. we play 5 chromatically adjacent scales,
chromatic scale and the piece they've chosen for us to play. then he'll come
out and say if #1 or 2 was better. though, when my friend was challenged
(she's a flute player) it wasn't blind like that. don't ask me why...
oh, and the way we do chair auditions is over christmas break we make a tape
(with code names) that has us on there playing 5 chromatically adjacent
scales, chromatic scale and our jr./sr. clinic piece (i hope everyone knows
what jr. and sr. clinics are so i don't have to explain them - hee hee hee).
on my scales i played F#- Bb and i got all 5 (including Bb :) ) 3 octaves,
which no one else in the band (clarinet-wise) could do. i was so proud of
myself *tear drop* *sniffle*
anyhoo, hope that answered your question.
gnat

>
>Just out of curiosity, can she keep on challenging you every week, or is
>there a limit to challenges? And do these contests happen in class or
>after
>class or what? I'm thinking if there's no limit and the rehearsal stops
>for
>each challenge, this could go on all year and eat up a lot of class time.
>If
>it's best two out of three or something, then that seems reasonable. My
>kids
>aren't old enough for band yet but I found out that in their school, the
>second Monday of every semester they have a general seat assignment
>competition where everybody has to try out. Anybody who transfers in from
>another school automatically goes to last chair until the next challenge.
>Anybody who wants to challenge does it on midterm Monday. That's it. I
>think that's a good way to do it. It gives kids a chance to move up but
>keeps the competitive thing from taking over too much importance.
>
>Cass Hill
>
>
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