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OK I reported yesterday’s band practice was not too good but tonight turned out not too bad.  I recruited a young but extremely talented female youth member to sing with us and she picked up on our new song the second time through!  We’ve said from the get-go she would be great but she is a bit immature at times and says she gets nervous standing in front of everyone.  Although she does solos in “big church” and in fact has this week’s choir solo so I’m not sure how much that is her needing reassurance from us or what but I’ll give her all she needs because she seriously could lead this.  And she’s only in 8th grade so if needed, she could do it for several years to come.  I all but begged her to come next Tuesday and plan to send her parents emails saying she did great and maybe even a note to her telling her how good she was.  And yes, I’m kissing some major backside because we need her.

Band practice yesterday was the worst so far.   We wanted to do four songs.  We never did get through playing the first one after an HOUR.  They were moving some sound board things around and it took forever to really get started.  And I had to leave to go to the hospital so I think it put everyone in a tizzy trying to get it all done fast but not really doing anything productive.  The second (new) song went well.  We only went through it twice though.  And then the 3rd one we skipped because I felt like everyone knew it enough.  And the 4th, it is a song 2 of the guitarist had never played and they weren’t picking it up that quickly and the key was wrong for me and there was no time to switch keys when they didn’t even have the first one down.  So I just said we’re only doing 3 tomorrow.   So it could be a real mess tonight.  The “backup” singing-guitarist didn’t help sing at all because he hadn’t practiced any songs through the week and couldn’t play and sing at the same time so it was even harder for me.

I’m planning on getting some youth up on the 2 songs we already know and only really leading on the new one we’re introducing tonight.  I’m really second-guessing this singing thing.  I’ve heard comments that some students want to sing, so I think I’m just going to go with that.  I’ve realized I haven’t really been having fun doing it.  It’s nothing but stress thinking about having to go to sing at practice and on Wednesday nights. 

I really wish there was a student that could really step up and lead.  Even if I had to go to the practices and help sing/lead the practice, I’d be fine with that.  I don’t mind the practices themselves.  It’s just I’m tired of embarrassing myself when I can’t find the right key on a song when I’m singing alone.

Hopefully tonight will turn out ok and they’ll by psyched about the new song.