Saxman,,,

I got my ass handed to me today,,,, Ice up that lump. Take your dope. Lay low for a while. kp

Sorry to hear that, My groups did very well all things considering.  My middle group was a 1/2 letter grade from a I.  Feel bad for them, knew they'd be close and if I was there they'd probably have gotten it.  My top group is on fire right now and got all A's from 2 of the judges so I'm pleased (course I did get there for them).   And it's the first time I've had a freshman group not get a III, course technically I STILL haven't had that happen, lol. Iceing up the lump and just taking things easy for a couple of days.  I don't think I'll get back much memory from the morning, but from about 11 on I'm fine.  Only a small headache thank god!   I did think as they were loading me in the ambulance, "you know how embarrasing this would be if I hadn't lost all the weight?"  Instead I was just another load for those guys! Hope your head is doing better! --Sax

On March 2, 2008 at 3:07 AM Pacific Time, saxman007 wrote: I did think as they were loading me in the ambulance, "you know how embarrasing this would be if I hadn't lost all the weight?"  Instead I was just another load for those guys! Hope your head is doing better! --Sax I slipped in 2002 on my front porch the day after a thaw. It refroze overnight. I remember seeing my feet above my head on the way down. I hit the last step square in the middle of my back and broke my back at the 7th vertebrae. I dislocated my sacrum too. It took 8 people to lift me into the meat wagon. That was mild compared to what happened to me yesterday. Headache is still there,,,,, everyday all day. It sucks. kp

Ok so from the sounds of it you 2 were in an accident. Were you together? DETAILS. WE WANT DETAILS AND most important glad to hear you are both somewhat ok..

Yeah, I was in an accident alright. We call it band festival and my band got a II for the first time in my history. kp

Sorry to hear the band didn't do well but GLAD you are physically ok.  As you may know Durand has an awesome band. They usually win in their division. Now only if their football team didn't play like 3rd string jr higher's..

We played great. Exciting accurate and with good intonation. It was a bloodbath at our sight. Only one band made it through with anything worth talking about. kp

Hi Kevin, I believe you are the band director for my nephew and niece, William and Elizabeth (Lizzie). Sorry about the low scores at festival, my sister, Terri, says that your scores are always high. But there is always the middle school! Bernice

Sorry to hear about your II's.  That's tough, especially for middle schoolers.  I'm happy to report that my daughter's orchestra received a I.  They rock in sight reading.  Their director is da bomb, even though he's a "band" director teaching orchestra (gotta love our school district). Keep on icing, it will get better!  

MS is next week. This was my hs group. kp