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Originally Posted by silverstar Van,
Whatever you do, bring food. For the section. They will love you and listen to you if you bribe them with food. |
I'm hoping you mean for after the playing, lest we get crumbs jammed into our valve casings...
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Originally Posted by silverstar ...don't bring out your cane named Lara and start hitting the poor kids over the head. That won't get you anywhere. |
Odd...that worked for me for 3 years or so...
On a more serious note, does the director know what they will be playing yet? I would get a copy of the music. From that, construct an exercise or two that will have them working on the hardest parts of the music, only in the form of, say, lipslurs. I've seen this done a couple of different ways, and each time, it was tremendously effective. The warm up is also a very good idea as well.