New Orchestra

This past week, I tried out for the Symphony Orchestra at my school. This group is the highest group in the orchestra program, and has received UIL Sweepstakes for thirty consecutive years. This was my third time to tryout, because I did it at the end of last year, and I did the tapes that the syphony kids did to try to get in at the semester. This time, I tried out, and our head director told me to pick two scales from the three that I was practicing on. So, I chose the "G" and "C" three octave scales, which go high up the violin. I messed up a little on the "G", and re-started it, but still messed up a little bit. I played the "C" scale fine, and she told me the excerpts to play, so I played them for her. The excerpts were from "Danse Bacchanale" by Saint-Saens, and a symphony by Borodin. I then did the sightreading, which was fairly easy. On top of this, she was recording me on my excerpts. She then told me after my audition that if I had remembered what she had told me from last year, which was when she thought that I wasn't quite ready for symphony. She then picked up a piece of paper that she was writing comments on, and at the bottom, it said-"Recommended Orchestra: Symphony", I was so excited that I had made it! She then proceeded to tell me that I had done an excellent job. I asked her if I could give her a hug, and she let me. I am so excited about being in symphony next year!