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you either carried it OR were "best friends" with the person who carried it lol. who were you? i usually carried it :]]

Hm, I didn't usually carry it, but thats because I rarely use it. I did make great use of it when i was sick though, because I will only miss school or band if I amvomiting or dying. Let me tell you, marching band with a cold is not too fun.

My band doesn't use carmex actually. The favorite in my band, at least last year, is Burt's Bees. If you have never heard of it, it is an organic chapstick that I'm pretty sure is made out of bee's wax. It is really good, but costs almost $10 for one little tube.

uh..i think that's just as an excuse. granted, i don't play a brass instrument, but i still have the biggest range in my entire brand and i use carmex all the time. if it's destroying your range, it's because you're not working hard enough in the first place, and you would have lost it anyway. like you said, even if it DOES break down muscle, it does it EVER SO SLIGHTLY. definitely not enough to override how much you can build up by excercising your muscles.