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April 3, 2004 at 6:42 PM

Yummy sight-reading! So Gina and I raced into our first rehearsal for a passion play last night, ten minutes late, and I notice that the entire orchestra is there except the concertmaster. I survey for a second, then go, "Oh, I'm concertmaster." I thought I was section violin, so I didn't look at any of the music beforehand.

The music wasn't hard, and all the solo stuff was pretty and everyone liked it. Still, on principle, I feel guilty, even though I didn't make mistakes. (...insert fanatical laughing on the way to the bank).

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