Goofster
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Well, this probably isn't all that exciting, but I figured I'd write about it anyway. Hopefully it won't be too long. If you don't care about my problems and don't feel like reading, it won't bother me.
Ok, so here's the deal: Over New Years my band "The Pride of NA" is/was(not sure yet) going to Walt Disney World. It is/was supposed to be a really great trip, a lot of fun, down there in the parks for 4 days, only performance on New Years Day in the Share a Dream come true Pre-PArade. Boy this is/was gonna be great.
-Ok I'll stop using the is/was thing. Anybody have a preference, well, I guess I'll be hopeful and use "is".
Anywho, after September 11th we were all a little unsure, yet hopeful, about our trip. Still, our band director conviced us he was almost sure everything would be ok and our trip would probably stay on. So about a week or two ago the school board says we need to fill out these surveys saying questions like "Will you let your child go on the trip?" "Do you understand we are not responsible for lost money?"
And so here we are, today. Thursday. This morning there were a lot of rumors floating around about if the trip is still on or not because some crazy stuff happened at the Board meeting last night. And then thursday afternoon band practice rolls around. Oh the principal of the high school is here to talk to us. "this can't be good" Anyway, they claim that 1/3 of the band said no on a few survey questions, so our band director and the principal and somebody else recommended to the school board that we not go.
Their reasons were as follows:
1/3 of band is not enough (we are a 250 member band here)
Instrumentation is unbalanced (why can't a trumpet play tuba?)
Disney is expecting a huge band (better 2/3 of us than none)
Anyway, we're all pretty ed, especially the Seniors. Now I've just got a few questions:
Would it not be better for Disney to have 2/3 of the 250 ppl than none?
Are there really bands lined up hoping NA will cancel their band trip so that they can come to Disney instead? (that's what the principal said)
So here's what happens from here. Either the board makes us go on the trip, no matter what our director recommended. Or we try to go on a trip later in Spring or something, or we don't go at all.
Sorry this is so long, I just had to get it out :brick:
Ok, so here's the deal: Over New Years my band "The Pride of NA" is/was(not sure yet) going to Walt Disney World. It is/was supposed to be a really great trip, a lot of fun, down there in the parks for 4 days, only performance on New Years Day in the Share a Dream come true Pre-PArade. Boy this is/was gonna be great.
-Ok I'll stop using the is/was thing. Anybody have a preference, well, I guess I'll be hopeful and use "is".
Anywho, after September 11th we were all a little unsure, yet hopeful, about our trip. Still, our band director conviced us he was almost sure everything would be ok and our trip would probably stay on. So about a week or two ago the school board says we need to fill out these surveys saying questions like "Will you let your child go on the trip?" "Do you understand we are not responsible for lost money?"
And so here we are, today. Thursday. This morning there were a lot of rumors floating around about if the trip is still on or not because some crazy stuff happened at the Board meeting last night. And then thursday afternoon band practice rolls around. Oh the principal of the high school is here to talk to us. "this can't be good" Anyway, they claim that 1/3 of the band said no on a few survey questions, so our band director and the principal and somebody else recommended to the school board that we not go.
Their reasons were as follows:
1/3 of band is not enough (we are a 250 member band here)
Instrumentation is unbalanced (why can't a trumpet play tuba?)
Disney is expecting a huge band (better 2/3 of us than none)
Anyway, we're all pretty ed, especially the Seniors. Now I've just got a few questions:
Would it not be better for Disney to have 2/3 of the 250 ppl than none?
Are there really bands lined up hoping NA will cancel their band trip so that they can come to Disney instead? (that's what the principal said)
So here's what happens from here. Either the board makes us go on the trip, no matter what our director recommended. Or we try to go on a trip later in Spring or something, or we don't go at all.
Sorry this is so long, I just had to get it out :brick: