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Unsunny day Sunday
Today I almost overslept going down to Olympia for freaking band rehearsal. Jack informed me that I really ought to remember to call it "corps rehearsal", 'cause corps people don't like it when you call it "band rehearsal". Anyway. Joy and Jack and I went to Subway for lunch, then went over to Tumwater HS, where there were not many horn players, and not many drum players, and blah. I think a lot of people were bummed out by the idea of not marching this year. Eventually we had like 13 people in the horn line, at least.
Jack led some breathing exercises at the beginning of rehearsal, and then Keith showed up with this guy Chris, who apparently is one of the founders of the Carolina Gold Senior Drum Corps. Chris conducted our rehearsal, and it was REALLY cool. We got a few new charts, and he worked through them with us, with a lot of really constructive stuff about how we could do better at playing things. It was actually really cool, and even despite how I'm always really nervous about sightreading treble clef music, and playing the 2nd bari part instead of 3rd, I did pretty well for once. Apparently Keith is going to convince Chris to be our horn captain in the fall, and that's kind of something to look forward to! For the second part of rehearsal, our Chris (the one that plays 1st Baritone) conducted us through the new charts. Some of the new charts are cool, some are not, we'll be getting more... we'll see. Anyway, I guess my arms are getting a little stronger, 'cause I can hold my baritone up for all of Aztec Fire now without too much aching. This drum corps stuff is doing wonders for my bowling game.
Horn line got out at 4:15, and Jack and I went over to outside the pit rehearsal to read books (I'm reading American Gods, and he's reading Mona Lisa Overdrive) and wait for Joy and talk about CS stuff. It turns out both of us want to go to UW for CS grad school eventually. It's also fun to get to babble about Perl 6. And then we went home. I slept in the car for almost the whole trip home.
Got home, goofed off online a bit, then Eli made me dinner... pad thai! Whee! It was the recipe out of the new Thai book I got him. And it turned out really really well, it was very yummy, and he made thai iced tea too. That was good. I've mostly been lounging around the house since. I have to work tomorrow, unlike everyone else. Damn, I meant to go play IIDX, but where the heck did all the time go? Maybe I will go play for a little bit and then head to sleep.
You know, sometimes I know I get all confused about what I want out of life, but I guess having a boy who will hug me and cook pad thai for me is probably much more than I deserve.
Jack led some breathing exercises at the beginning of rehearsal, and then Keith showed up with this guy Chris, who apparently is one of the founders of the Carolina Gold Senior Drum Corps. Chris conducted our rehearsal, and it was REALLY cool. We got a few new charts, and he worked through them with us, with a lot of really constructive stuff about how we could do better at playing things. It was actually really cool, and even despite how I'm always really nervous about sightreading treble clef music, and playing the 2nd bari part instead of 3rd, I did pretty well for once. Apparently Keith is going to convince Chris to be our horn captain in the fall, and that's kind of something to look forward to! For the second part of rehearsal, our Chris (the one that plays 1st Baritone) conducted us through the new charts. Some of the new charts are cool, some are not, we'll be getting more... we'll see. Anyway, I guess my arms are getting a little stronger, 'cause I can hold my baritone up for all of Aztec Fire now without too much aching. This drum corps stuff is doing wonders for my bowling game.
Horn line got out at 4:15, and Jack and I went over to outside the pit rehearsal to read books (I'm reading American Gods, and he's reading Mona Lisa Overdrive) and wait for Joy and talk about CS stuff. It turns out both of us want to go to UW for CS grad school eventually. It's also fun to get to babble about Perl 6. And then we went home. I slept in the car for almost the whole trip home.
Got home, goofed off online a bit, then Eli made me dinner... pad thai! Whee! It was the recipe out of the new Thai book I got him. And it turned out really really well, it was very yummy, and he made thai iced tea too. That was good. I've mostly been lounging around the house since. I have to work tomorrow, unlike everyone else. Damn, I meant to go play IIDX, but where the heck did all the time go? Maybe I will go play for a little bit and then head to sleep.
You know, sometimes I know I get all confused about what I want out of life, but I guess having a boy who will hug me and cook pad thai for me is probably much more than I deserve.
band question
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Hehe, the funny part is, you can get almost get by for four years in Kiltie Band without ever hearing the word "chart."
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More than you deserve, eh? Silly D. :P
Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, I have to work today, too. I was late getting out the door and thus felt pleasantly surprised when I found traffic much lighter than usual. Then I heard the traffic report remind me why. Grr.
Re: band question
"Chart", in this sense, is typically a synonym for "piece of music", or more appropriately, "piece of sheet music" (not that all songs are pieces of sheet). In marching band (or corps), it can mean a designated marching pattern for a song. I see Deanna's use here more in the sense of the first meaning.
I performed a very quick search, and I couldn't find an etymology for the use of "chart" to refer to music (other than the listings of the best-selling albums). Perhaps someone else will have more success than I.