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"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast"--CongreveOr an anxious one. I was invited to attend a Sunday matinee performance of the 92nd street Y Lyrics and Lyricists series. The 92nd Street YMHA is one of the oldest and finest cultural and community centers the city has to offe...
i love the viola but cello is my favorite!
used to? did she, gasp, give it up?
Well, she's going to become a journalism major, and her professor eats up all her time. She wasn't able to go on with them anymore.
You like cello too? I used to play before I joined guard to get away from that tyrant of an orchestra director we had...
hmm joining the guard sounds serious.
what is a color guard?
Gasp! You don't know?
We're a group of performers that march in parades and halftme shows with the band. In the winter, we go off and do our own thing. We spin flags, rifles, and (if we're lucky) sabres while marching drill. Here's a video clip of my band performing the third movement of our show from the 2007 Marching season. Watch for the colored blips. That's the guard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5hI1wwYgPQ
hee, no i really had no clue. we don't have those things here in the city.
looks like fun!