You Learn How They Tick So Then You Can Press Buttons Like How We Bully Our Band Director About The Hole

You learn how they tick so then you can press buttons like how we bully our band director about the hole he put in the ceiling while tossing cup mutes to the trumpets shortly after we were back in the new room after the school got remodeled. We just point up at the hole every time he tosses something in class and he says he’s planning on getting on a ladder to use white marker or something since he thinks it’s a smudge or something while we’re all pretty sure it’s an actual hole.

the thing nobody here really talks about is how easily students can read their director, particularly if the director is considered good.

Because band students spend so long trying to learn all the visual cues during a concert that every single quirk and oddity of the director gets filed away for later use.

Half of rehearsal time is spent privately figuring out that a raised eyebrow in a certain direction means that the band is slowing down unintentionally, or figuring out that wide eyes means someone done fucked up.

Taking this out of rehearsal means that you eventually learn that an eyebrow twitch means the director is getting annoyed by another person and needs leadership to come up with a problem to save him. A half smile means “good job”, but a half smile plus a raised eyebrow means “hah I’m teasing you about this for the rest of your life here”.

Idk something about how every ensemble, no matter how big, will always know what their doctor is feeling with a quick glance At least, if the director is good

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I like to think they kept in touch after the divorce

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I just met Bonnie today and here of the account suspension all in the span of a minute or less and will not stand for this

This is the most powerful call to ratio I've ever seen. It's like she's performing an incantation.

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clarinetmushroom

10 months ago

I need this on my blog

Things my band directors have said:

Band director, through a microphone from the top of the band tower: hey if you ever feel like working could you do this?

Assistant band director, from the pavement with us: do you want me to come up there and fight you grandpa? I'll fight you.

~~~

Assistant band director: see sometimes you guys get too close to each other as you're doing the arm movement. Cause if I go like this, *starts doing the arm move in question*, and I'm close enough to hit grandpa, *starts slapping the band directors arm back and forth*, then I'm too close.

Band director: *literally could care less. Not paying attention to what she's doing and fighting with the Dr. Beat.*

~~~

Band director: guard? That rep was hot. That's the best I've ever seen you do that work all year. Whatever you ate for breakfast it eat it every day.

Assistant band director: yknow I'm not sure I you saying "that was hot" about children.

Band director: guard that was smokin'.

Assistant band director: nope that's worse.

Band director: how about it was ✨️slay✨️.

Us: *cheering*

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clarinetmushroom

9 months ago