a pretty innocuous concept to be sure. i've actually knocked quite a few things off my bucket list over the years. several biggies remain though - conducting first suite in e flat and alvamar overture, pulling off a double double < straight ones at county and state >, moving to the beach, conducting an honors band of some sort, judging at assessments. see a trend? yeah pretty much i am still a music teacher geek to my core.
to wit the following which makes no sense at all: i have never taken an orchestra group to assessment. time and circumstances may force that issue next year but the reality is I am a band guy. el jefe is a band guy masquerading as an orchestra guy and he's pretty damn good at it too. so i act as a sponge everytime i am around him, soaking up every technique he uses - good or bad - and storing them away in my memory cathedral until i get to use them.
tonight may be el jefe's last stand in the assessment zone for a while. i hope it's a good one for him, lord knows he has worked the kids to death preparing them. i not saying overkill, but...
main st. beckons. no musing today.
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