Our community orchestra had our first practice of the fall last night.
After four months of religiously practicing every night, I was able to play my oboe with them. My teacher had urged me to do it, but I was unsure if I’d gained enough skill to pull it off.
And, I get to switch off to timpani on a couple of tunes that have good percussion parts and iffy oboe parts.
I’m encouraged enough to make it through my longest practice session tonight. 1 1/2 hours practicing my class music, scales, long tones and orchestra tunes. My mouth is shot but I am grinnin’. 
Good show!
