Summer Orchestra
I hate orchestra. Technically I hate anything that I am being made to do and requires a lot of practicing. I am fine with practicing stuff I like, but if I don’t like it, then why would I bother trying to get better at it? This is why I got very annoyed when my mom signed me up to do a thing called Summer Orchestra for 6 weeks in the middle of summer vacation. I already didn’t like orchestra when I had to take it for school, but now I had to wake up early for 6 out of 12 weeks of summer vacation just to go sit for an hour and move my arm back and forth, back and forth! Now I know what you’re thinking, This is so sad! It couldn’t possibly get any worse! RIGHT? Sounds like it’s about as bad as it can get. Nope. At the time I didn’t think about this, but who in their right mind would WILLINGLY give up half their summer to kill their arms holding an instrument and playing for an hour, IF not forced to. The answer; people who like playing music. *Blech*. And do you know what that means? It means that they want to work hard and have a challenge when it comes to songs and music playing. Yuck. The first day I went, my mom pulled up to the curb in front of the Saline High School. I took my cello out of the truck and said goodbye to my mom. “Do I have tooooo?” I whined. “Yes, and you might want to hurry, they are going to start soon.” she said.
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We turned into that room, and I saw a bunch of kids older than me sitting in seats warming up. I took an empty seat next to girl that looked like she was in 8th grade (I was going into 6th). She smiled at me, and I started unpacking my cello case. I took out my bow and instrument and kind of awkwardly set up, because everyone in the room seemed older, taller, and better than me. At least I recognized my friend Cami and the teacher, Mr. Briar, who was one of the two Saline Area Schools orchestra teachers in Saline. I was glad about that because he is really
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