AK_Mom4 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 DD17 wants to do marching band next year at her chosen college. Since it comes with an out-of-state tuition waiver, it would be highly desirable for her to get in, We are 3000 miles away from the school and they are letting her submit a video. Big sis is home for Christmas (she is a band director) to help with the recording. They planned to spray paint yard line markers in the driveway on the snow for her to march. All good, right? Day of recording - temperature drops to near zero. Playing outside while marching might be possible, but her fingers are too cold. The girls scramble around and move everything around in the semi-heated garage to get a five yard free space and charge ahead with the recording. DD17’s marching videos came out perfect, but will certainly be memorable. She is wearing a wool cap, fingerless gloves, a heavy jacket and shorts (so her feet would show). You can see all the snow outside in the background out the open garage door. The girls are piecing together the videos today and recording (indoors) the musical ability video, hoping to get it all submitted by Monday when oldest DD heads home. Oldest DD is likely to be a grad assistant for the marching band at the university this year as she is starting her masters (and needs the money). Keeping fingers crossed now - DD17 has a good enough scholarship to pay for everything without the band waiver, but it would certainly help with finances for her if she had that bit extra and she really wants to be in the band, Anyone else with funny audition stories? 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGrief Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 I am living that weather right now and about to go walk the dog in it, so completely understand the difficulties in trying to play a band instrument in it!! Good luck to her, sounds like they did an amazing job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Aw, I really hope your younger daughter gets the scholarship! Both of them sound like go-getters. Gotta love their tenacity. Surely the school awarding the scholarship will see that. Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easypeasy Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 None of our audition stories are nearly that funny - both your girls are very inventive! Best wishes for both of them!! Videoing my kids' auditions results in two reactions. Either: "Yay! That went just like you practiced it at home!" or: "omg, Well... THAT happened..." *sigh* The life of an auditioning musician is an interesting one - they must always be able to think on their feet and stay flexible and ready for whatever comes! (We haven't had to do college auditions yet, though - only for camps or competitions... college auditions for our kids will be next year and the year after that. I'm hoping to be a pro at recording these things by that point and it's a huge part of why the kids do competitions and camps that are competitive and require auditions. I figure it's great practice!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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