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RE: Exhausted.

Author: Lisa
Date: 1999-08-29 03:39

I would have to agree with Dee. I am currently a senior and my school just started a marching band. Before we started to learn anything the majority of the band had bad attitudes because they thought it was going to be work, work, work. Now almost everyone loves to march and half of the band had the music memorized in the first week. I am drum major and as drum major I feel I have the most responsibility but I am still having a blast marching around the school parking lot.
Penny, I know where you are coming from on being stressed as a section leader, because our concert band is really competitive. But just as a suggestion maybe you should get your section together and give them a little pep talk. When my section did this we (the 2nd chair girl and I) told everyone a gift they bring to our section like one girl always makes me smile. So that got them a little more excited about being part of the group. Then we set a goal for our section that we would all be confident on our parts and we are going to accomplish that by asking questions right away. Everyone gave their input on how they would like to see the section improve and it was really good for us. We also talked about solo and ensembles contests because those are very competitive for us. I got the younger members excited about being part of clarinet choir and some of them have expressed interest in getting music for choir and smaller ensembles as soon as they can. We went into the school year with three people ready to quit and now they are excited about the year and everything we have to look forward too.
Hope things start to get better. And maybe talking to your director might help too. Just tell him that you are trying your hardest because it sounds like you are doing a good job if you stay after and everything. Many section leaders don't do that. Good luck.

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