Hey all,
I am babysitting again. It is going really well. It is like it gets easier. The plan is to go to the library and then the playground. I am ready to go right at this moment but I think cartoons on channel 8 end in 15 minutes so I will use those minutes wisely.
Like it says in the title, I am struggling in the Symphony. I have been playing in it for 13 years (the baby cries so I will be back). My usually position was third or fourth. Position in a section cab be done in a few ways. In my past, there were auditions and people were ranked by skill. It has never formally been done that way in the Chandler Symphony Orchestra but informally. A gent named Ray and I switched back and forth since our skill levels were similiar. Well a new guy Jerry came. He took third because he comes early like really early. I had no problems the first concert. I then asked to switch up for the next one. Jerry said no.
No?
Jerry wanted to audtion. No problem. Ray wanted to as well at that point because I think both of us wanted to see how Russ would rank us. Russ did not want to do the audition way. Alright, but Jerry kept his place. He does not pass information done that Russ shares. He also just stops playing and writes lots of notes on his music. Small stuff but it started to get to me.
The other way to order a section is to rotate places. I asked Russ if he could do that. He said he would. He pulled Carl from the back and put him in front of Jerry. Russ never did it on his own. He only would do it when I asked and I never got to be second. I then asked basically if I could sit second but Russ said no. I do not know why. The lack of communication got to me. I do not knwo what to do but I think I will learn viola over the summer and switch. Or I will look for other ways to play my bass.
I also blog for the symphony. I have been struggling with it because no one cares. I have not been posting like I should. They did link the blog from the main site so I really felt like I should post every week. Well yesterday I went to the main site to find out more about the chamber orchestra and when my next concert would be. The link to my blog was gone. I looked all over but they took it done. I do not know if it was on purpose or not. It is very frustrating. I will blog more often for myself. I guess I should find out if it was on purpose or not.
I just do not know if my time with the Chandler Symphony is coming to an end. I have done it for so long that it upsets me to think that.
