Week 2 day 3
Camp was full of surprises today! When we arrived, Dr. Metzger Howe surprised us with a brand new piece, The Theme From E.T.. The sight reading gave the orchestra a bit of trouble at first, but by the end of the first rehearsal the piece was already sounding like the movie despite the lack of brass and bassists in the orchestra. In addition, the Massenet is coming along beautifully with wonderful solos and harmonies.
Walking around during sectionals, all of the coaches are doing a fantastic job of blending the different sounds of the campers that they just met two days ago. The sections all know each other well after just two days! Everyone is in a happy mood despite the unexpected clouds in the sky cooling off what has been such a hot week.
Today’s seminar was my favorite so far, guitar class. Everyone paired up and sat in a circle while Mr. Wilbert taught us the basics of guitar. “Guitar,” he said, “is easy to play as a secondary instrument because mostly you accompany a soloist by playing a set of chords.” He taught us simple chords and everyone picked it up fairly quickly. Time just whizzed by as we strummed chords to Leaving on a Jet Plane sung beautifully by Mr. Wilbert himself.
At the end of the day, officially half way through the camp, the two day old orchestra not only sounds, but looks like it has been together for months. As the clouds finally cleared, everything was looking up and everyone was looking forward to the last half of camp.
Timmy Locke
Camp was full of surprises today! When we arrived, Dr. Metzger Howe surprised us with a brand new piece, The Theme From E.T.. The sight reading gave the orchestra a bit of trouble at first, but by the end of the first rehearsal the piece was already sounding like the movie despite the lack of brass and bassists in the orchestra. In addition, the Massenet is coming along beautifully with wonderful solos and harmonies.
Walking around during sectionals, all of the coaches are doing a fantastic job of blending the different sounds of the campers that they just met two days ago. The sections all know each other well after just two days! Everyone is in a happy mood despite the unexpected clouds in the sky cooling off what has been such a hot week.
Today’s seminar was my favorite so far, guitar class. Everyone paired up and sat in a circle while Mr. Wilbert taught us the basics of guitar. “Guitar,” he said, “is easy to play as a secondary instrument because mostly you accompany a soloist by playing a set of chords.” He taught us simple chords and everyone picked it up fairly quickly. Time just whizzed by as we strummed chords to Leaving on a Jet Plane sung beautifully by Mr. Wilbert himself.
At the end of the day, officially half way through the camp, the two day old orchestra not only sounds, but looks like it has been together for months. As the clouds finally cleared, everything was looking up and everyone was looking forward to the last half of camp.
Timmy Locke
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