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Chapter Ten: Honor Band: Part Three
Lunch was great, Arianna thought as she made her way through the jungle of stands and chairs, trying to be as graceful as possible. The group had sat in a circle on the annex floor, all the tables taken and not an empty chair in sight. Dr. Doss had walked by and asked them how lunch was, smiling.
She had made a quick phone call to Elissa after lunch, but her phone had been off. Arianna bet Elissa would have loved to be there, to meet Dr. Doss, and Arianna wished Elissa was there. She wished Allie and Kasey were there, also, to watch the concert, but Arianna felt lonely. Everyone was off by themselves or in pairs, one or two of the group even catching a quick nap before the practice started again. The symposium and the last hour of practice had been switched so the guest conductors could work with the band earlier. There was still five minutes until practice would start, but Arianna wanted some private work.
She wanted to practice and see how awful she felt.
There was no way she was going outside.
The rain had started as soon as practice had ended and the students were being rounded up for a college campus tour. Rain had always thrilled Arianna; she loved it just as much as snow, but the clouds were grey and the wind was chilling. Arianna was already depressed.
She sat in the middle of the auditorium, one of only a handful of people settling down to watch the symposium. A girl walked over, a flute player named Brie, and asked if she could sit down. Arianna nodded and the two girls waited for the symposium to begin. The band the conductors were to work with was the military band Arianna had performed with the previous day, and she watched Commander Skkab warm up the band. It would be nice to hear them perform.
"Hey, is that Mr. Vogl?" Brie asked, pointing. Mr. Vogl stood behind the timpani, his baton in hand.
"Yeah, I think so. I didn't know he was the timpani player!"
Dr. Doss took the podium and announced the start of the symposium; he and the other two guest conductors would switch working with the conductors of the bands.
Arianna settled back and waited to see who went first.
Sarg. Had gone first, doing everything Arianna had taken for granted in the band room while on stage in front of his band. Dr. Doss had told him not to shake his arms as he raised them to conduct, then showed him how to move on the podium. He straitened Mr. Vogl's back and gave him tips on how to get the message from his mind to the band using the baton. Brie and Arianna were a bit startled, watching their teacher being corrected by his teacher, but Arianna was also excited that she was able to watch and learn things she could use later on as a conductor herself.
After his turn was over, Mr. Vogl went back to the timpani and, during the next song, Arianna watched him perform, the other conductor shaking under the keen eye of Dr. Doss. Mr. Vogl messed up and, thinking no one was watching, threw a mini temper tantrum before sighing and continuing with the song, his good natured frustrating making his two students laugh.
"Did Mr. Vogl just throw a tantrum?" Arianna asked.
"On the timpani?" Brie asked, amazed.
The two sat in silence before Arianna spoke up.
"It was a Voglie Timpani Temper Tantrum."
As the storm grew and the lights began to flicker, the strains of music were too much for Arianna. Brie was silent and introspective and Arianna felt the frustration in her heart grow as the military band finished the symposium.
Something had to happen.
There we are! Sorry about the short chapter and if it was boring or not... Please tell me what you think and I hoped you enjoyed it! Thanks!