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So i just got back from mine. it was so good! and we saw all the alummni! it was great blaugh heart The wind ensemble played this song "A Nation's Strength" that was totally amazing (if youve ever heard of novo lenio, it's almost as kewl as that!)

how were all your winter concerts? what's you play?

Our concert went well.
We played Christmas Festival, Blue Shades, Hammersmith, and Sleigh Ride!
T'was cool! It was REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG!!! sweatdrop

Ugh, the dreaded X-mas concert where every single group has to preform. It wasn't that bad actually, here is what we did:

Combined bands (I'm in Wind Ensemble, the higher of the two, and I was the only piccoloist of the combined bands)

We did two medleys (spelling?) of christmas songs, and then a long variations of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. And then the other instrumental thing I was in was Jazz band, my one chance to shine as a flute in jazz band, that was a medley of songs also.

They we had dance company (I'm not it it, I couldn't dance if my life depended on it xD), Girls Vocal Jazz (I'm in it, we did All I Want for Christmas is you, the Mariah Carey version, Sending you a little Christmas, and Santa Baby), Swing Choir (Ok, I'm not in it, but they did great, they did Breath of Heaven, Mr. Grinch, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies

I don't like Christmas Concerts that much. Mainly becuase everyone knows the songs so we can't BS it if we get lost. I'm in the Symphonic band which is the highest we have. But anyways, this year, Symphonic Band is playing Christmas Festival, Sleigh Ride, Patapan, O Holy Night, Christmas Prelude, and A Canadian Brass Christmas. I don't remember all the songs COncert Band is playing, but I do remember A Cartoon Christmas. I'm not sure what we're gonna play for our Winter Concert. It's usually regular concert music though..

I played that a few years ago!
I think I still have the music.
... And now I'm playing the recording from that concert, haha.
I'm a geek. xDD

I don't like Winter Concerts all that much.
Spring concerts are much more fun
because you get to play harder music. :]

For Winter Concert, Symphonic band (middle band) is playing:
An English Christmas by Clare Grundman (Great piece, but GOOD LORD. Time sig. changes: Cut to 6/8 to cut to 6/8 to 3/4 to cut. It's crazy.)
Visigoths by Sean O'Loughlin (It was just commissioned this year, it's really excellent. <3)
and Over the River arr. by John Moss (I hateeee this one, it's the most ridiculously boring arrangement ever..)

Our winter concert is in a week and a half, we're playing Americans We, Emperata Overture, Ballet of Prince Igor (Polotzvian Dances) , and Sleigh Ride in class, where I play flute and piccolo. We've got those down.

But the Jazz band is having a little trouble. We're playing Satin Doll, Night in Tunisa, All of Me, The Look of Love, and On 10 Dowling Street. I play trumpet in jazz band, but I'm not very good, and we have a lot of freshmen in it this year, where it's really supposed to be the best of the best, with mostly seniors and juniors and maybe a sophomore or two. So they're doing their best, but it's hard to jump into this music as a freshman or someone new to the instrument. sweatdrop

I never much liked Christmas Concerts... we never play Hanukkah music in high school! sad Our BD's bit old-fashioned and quite religiously Christian.

Ours in on the 19, and we are playing
winter wonderland
The most wonderful time of the year
Pachelbel Canon
and another piece I can't remember. sweatdrop

My wenter concrt is in 12 days and the brass sound like crap. in concert band we are doing A Canadian Brass Christmas, A Trumpeter's Lullaby & March of the Toys. And in jazz band we are doing Hot Chocolate, Good king Wenceslas & The Christmas Song