[Trombone-l] A Message of Hope

[Adrian Drover]

> From: Bill Redgate
> 
> 
> 	I recently auditioned for an orchestra.  Although they do pay quite
> well,
> it's no where near being one of the biggies, but since it was my very
> first
> orchestral audition ever - and my first audition at all in about 30 years,
> I
> took it very seriously.  I was very well prepared and well practiced.  I
> felt good about it.  Unfortunately "feeling good" doesn't always help!
> 
> 	I stank up the place!  I felt badly for the audition committee who
> had to sit through that.



I've only ever had to do one audition in all my life.  I stank up the place
too and was really surprised that I actually won the bass 'bone position
with the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra.  I discovered later that I had
already been picked for the job and that the audition was merely a BBC
formality.  Quite embarrassing.  I can only think they wanted me for my
arranging ability.  Well, it worked prior to that occasion for getting
myself into Maynard's band too, and I'd never played bass 'bone up to that
point.

A.