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Question: All-State Band Auditions are TODAY and I'm not prepared!? Help quick please!!?!!?
Okay well I'm pretty sure I won't make it!. I am a freshman in high school and I had decided on not trying out, but my lesson teacher is making me because she said it is good audition experience!. So I had to do a lot of cramming last minute!. The required things are all 12 major scales under 2 minutes and there are like 4 I can only do in 1 octave because I'm not good in my lower range pedal tone notes yet!. (i play euphonium) And I'm not even comfortable with some of scales and only sometimes hit the high notes in my lyrical and techinical excercise!. I'm really scared, I don't want to embarrss myself, but my lesson teacher is going to call me if I'm not there by 9 30am!. I don't want to make a fool of myself, you know!? I don't want to do this, but I kinda have to because my director will get angry if I'm a no show!. *sigh* Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Don't worry the people at the audition won't care if you sound terrible!. I know because I did the same thing, and nobody cared! Just do your best and next year try to prepare more!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Honestly, I wouldn't go!. Your lesson teacher had no right to make you audition for something you didn't have time to prepare for!.
If you went and auditioned, you'll embarrass yourself AND your teacher because you aren't prepared!. And judges hate having to listen to someone who is obviously not prepared!.!.!.it's a waste of their time!.
I'm not trying to sound mean or anything!. I feel your pain on this!. I wouldn't want to go either!.
Good luclk with whatever you decide!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You have already made the fool of yourself!. You agreed to do this and did not prepare!.
Apologize to the director!. Then decide how serious you are about your playing before agreeing to something, that is going to frustrate you and others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

just dont show up nd if ur director gets angry
tell them u werent ready nd that anyways
they're ur director, not ur mom
nd cant force u to do itWww@QuestionHome@Com