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JPSaxMan

Pennsylvania District 9 tryouts are tomorrow. I'm pretty beat from practicing my tenor solo (Hungarian Dance No.1), so beat that I'm trying to practice it tonite and I dunno if it's my tongue or what, but my 16th runs are starting to become double tongued, I just must be tired and I still have like two or three rough spots that the judges most likely won't like and they're worrying me, but otherwise articulation, vibrato, and musicality is at 100%...I have faith and I guess we'll see what happens

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

altosax4ever · Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject:

so....did you need something, or was that a blog entry?
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

Just looking for words of wisdom

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

reisio · Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 177 Location: Florida

Ace the audition - you'll feel better.

JPSaxMan · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject:

Well I did not ace the audition.

I came seventh among eleven tenors. Kind of disenheartening...then again I choked and I beat who I thought would be considered competition. So that's good I guess.

But believe it or not there's still hope. Although they only take four, the top two doubled on alto and most likely will go to alto. So that leaves two gaps that will move me up to #5 and as first alternate. If somebody bums out or just can't make it, I'm in. Odds of that are not in my favor, but still possible.

I guess there's always next year

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

reisio · Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 177 Location: Florida

Those things are never fair anyways. :p

JPSaxMan · Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:25 pm Post subject:

Yea, I know Razz

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

altosax4ever · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:23 am Post subject:

Sorry about that man, you'll get em next year! Question - why didn't you just bring your gun? That would have 'eliminated' the competition! Twisted Evil

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JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject:

Yea but blood splattered on my Selmer might not have been the best thing either Twisted Evil

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

musicalprodigy · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 119

JPSaxMan · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject:

Not that I know of yet

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JP
Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania