I recently attended Armstrong County Band 2008, a band festival for all high schools in the county.
For two days, we all became a band, basically. I was on third trumpet, because I got lucky and got the last spot. I sounded so much better than the trumpets from Ford City (Our arch-nemesis school). <_<
Our conductor was Dr. Worybtz (I know. Interesting last name.) But the one thing we all thought was funny was his description of dynamics. He said, "You guys are playing like...'pet the kitty.' I need you to play like 'KILL the kitty!'
We had a good concert. I'm getting a CD soon, so maybe I'll post some of our songs.
But I had fun!