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this blog has broken containment i just saw one of my posts on instagram

#not a quote #mod speaks #im not upset abt it i was just surprised #also this is me apologizing again for not posting. #I’ll get to it i promise #this summer has just been crazy for me

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*for pit orchestra, we had 4 cellists who were interested, and like 3 violinists (2 of which were actually violists)* cellist 1: We have too many cellos someone might get cut me: Make them play violin cellist 2: No i dont want to play violin me: You guys are the first cellos, so you get to stay as cellos me: The others are the second cellos, so they have to play violin cellist 1: Yeah we have experience so we get to stay as cellos

#these two were the cellists that had already done pit once before. we had a couple others that wanted to as well #pit #pit orchestra #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes #we ended up having all 4 cellos and we managed to get a few other violins #some of the cellists just had to not play some of their part bc it would be too much

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pit member: the person who invented dollies is like the smartest person ever snare player: or the wheel pit captain: yeah but anyone could invent the wheel. it takes a super smart person to invent a dolly

#we worship the dollies bc we finally got new ones and it actually makes the speakers moveable #band #marching band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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cellist: how do we know if we've made pit? band director: have you been told that you didn't? cellist: no band director: then congrats you made it in

#pit orchestra #pit #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes #this was the first year in a while that we actually had auditions for pit #and it wasnt to like cut people out bc we had too many that wanted to #it was just like. you need to show up and play your instrument to show 1. you actually can play your instrument #and 2. you actually will show up to rehearsals and performances #besides the band director pretty much knew playing ability of almost everyone that wanted to participate #also we did not in fact have rehearsal that next day. bc the music didn't come yet

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(In the hotel room during a band trip)

Mello 3: [Mello 2] just wakes up every day and decides whether or not he likes women

Me: In a misogynistic way, or… like, romantically?

Trombone: In a misogynistic way

Mello 3: Ha, yeah, [Mello 2] just wakes up sometimes and chooses ~gAY~

#band #marching band #*not exact quote #submission #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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Me: i have a washer and dryer right next to my bedroom and its great. i dont have to go upstairs to do laundry snare player: yeah but if someone else is doing laundry then you have to deal with hearing it when you’re trying to sleep Me: I’m the only one who uses the downstairs one since my sister moved out Me: its also great to have the downstairs one because the upstairs drier likes to break. there were a good couple of weeks during the summer where we dried our clothes with hairdryers pit member: why not just use a clothesline Me: we did, but it wasn’t fast enough, so we started using hairdryers Me: all my clothes were itchy

#band #marching band #music #music meme #music quotes #band meme #music class quotes #doing laundry today and i do not enjoy it :(

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orch teacher *about a swung section in a combined piece*: i know we're white but we can still swing it me: [orch teacher] you aren't white

#band #orchestra #orch #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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Today at practice:

BD: *my name* make sure you print out all the music ok?

Me: yea sure

*later I go check on my section after I finish getting music to everybody*

Saxes: *incoherent screeching and or playing crazy in love by Beyoncé*

Me: the f-

BD: *walks up to me*

BD: Are they practicing the music?

Me: *just stays silent and makes ;-; face*

BD: Oh ok

#submission #band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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bass drum player: *sneezes that sounds like a swear word*

drum captain: bless you drum captain: wait drum captain: did you just sneeze and swear at the same time

#band #marching band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes #this bass drum player is NOTORIOUS for bad language

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conductor: how many 8th notes are in a beat? violinist: as many as you want to be violinist: you just have to believe in yourself

#orchestra #orch #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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synth player: we're missing [snare player] pit member: no he's here he's just slouching really bad snare player: i'm compressing

#marching band #band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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percussionist: *almost drops a cymbal, but catches it*

me: if it doesnt hit the ground then it didn't fall, right

#at this venue they actually provided the drum set and uh. it had the TINIEST KICK DRUM EVER. #like smaller than our marching bass 1. the percussionists and i made lots of jokes abt it #philharmonic #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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pit captain: *makes a your mom joke towards me*

me: i can forgive your mom jokes if they’re funny, and that one was not funny

pit member 1: your moms not funny

pit captain: my mom isn’t funny

#band #marching band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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*see 'the mayo bottle' tag*

percussionist: *tries to hold up the mayo bottle during the show, instead pushes it over and it drops on the timpani*

entire strings and percussion section: *dying of laughter while trying to not let the audience notice*

#pit #pit orchestra #orch #orchestra #band #orchestra meme #orchestra quotes #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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band member: i was NICE a took a sophomore to his DATE if i wasn’t nice I’d be GONE already i just want to go HOME

Me: yeah [band member] how dare you do something nice

#band #band meme #band quotes #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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Band director: Saxes. You guys need yo practice the music. Graduation is Saturday. It’s called pomp and circumstance not poop and circumstance.

Saxophone player: either way its a sh*tty circumstance 

Band director: Drop.

#submission #band #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes

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(Band just sight read a new stand tune.) DM: At the end, don't say HEY! Say SLAY! BD: No do not do that. I don't want to hear the whole band yell out the word SLAY at a football game. (While band cheers because we have been trying to get the BD to say SLAY all year.)

#band #marching band #submission #music #music meme #music quotes #music class quotes #//omg thats awesome