Sorry this is LONG! ....I play oboe and this will be my 5th year of band (I'm a junior). This year in our marching show, they decided to have an oboe solo. For marching I play clarinet and my friend who is a senior does guard. The problem is, both of us want the solo. Here's the thing; we have both made honor band, both made top band, etc. but she is a year older. I'm just as good as her but they wan't her to play it. I wouldn't have a prob with it but she is in guard and they have never allowed guard to play solos before cause it would look weird. I would already be in uniform and could play it. We had this three day camp this summer and while we were practicing, when we got to the solo, one of the directors said and of course we dont have the oboe right now. The whole clarinet section looked over at me like why aren't you playing it? It made me mad cause I was right there and could have played it. She wasn't there cause she was practicing with the guard.
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