tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post882663543331169670..comments2023-05-26T21:13:27.096-05:00Comments on If at first you don't succeed...: I hope it doesn't get any worse than thisgottagopracticehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08112740396190991150noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-50882122841487617782007-11-16T14:26:00.000-06:002007-11-16T14:26:00.000-06:00Bit behind on my reading... what a crap experience...Bit behind on my reading... what a crap experience - I'm sorry. It's over now though, and you can safely avoid in the future now that you know the warning signs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-15234638674732297062007-11-15T12:07:00.000-06:002007-11-15T12:07:00.000-06:00I'm madly rehearsing... :(I'm madly rehearsing... :(Guanacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672817385368210177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-88819940561267147682007-11-15T10:23:00.000-06:002007-11-15T10:23:00.000-06:00Guanaco - I hope you mean last year, and not upcom...Guanaco - I hope you mean last year, and not upcoming. After this experience I would be running from that one - or madly rehearsing!<BR/><BR/>Rallentando - no, didn't work. I'm not feeling superior. I think the poblem is that RTO creates the expectation that they will be awful, but we were *supposed* to be good. Thanks for trying to cheer me up, though.<BR/><BR/>Maricello - thanks for your kind words. We didn't do anything like this at my medical school, but it would have been very meaningful. Gross anatomy is a huge rite of passage, and "my" donor will always be very special to me.gottagopracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112740396190991150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-46394979607867172122007-11-15T09:23:00.000-06:002007-11-15T09:23:00.000-06:00Your post moved me to tears, not because of all th...Your post moved me to tears, not because of all the mistakes and miscommunication, but because you were there.<BR/><BR/>My mother donated her body to a medical school, and I just want to say thank you for playing. My mother, briefly a musician herself and mother of three musicians, would have understood, and she would have smiled.Maricellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901229998799205736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-71013256771182528032007-11-15T08:44:00.000-06:002007-11-15T08:44:00.000-06:00By the way, that "which instrument..." quiz paired...By the way, that "which instrument..." quiz paired me with drums! DRUMS! So much for my obvious delicacy and sensitivity, musically speaking. I feel quite hurt. Although they are the lifeblood of a good, rousing finale....Who knows, maybe I'll nip round to my grandson and see if he can give me a few pointers..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-80655824293136302602007-11-15T08:25:00.000-06:002007-11-15T08:25:00.000-06:00"Nightmare" doesn't begin to describe how I would ..."Nightmare" doesn't begin to describe how I would feel. All I can say is that YOU ALL know you can do so much better - and the audience probably didn't notice nearly as much as you did! Also, have you seen my link to http:www.thereallyterribleorchestra.com on my blog ? I promise you it will comfort, encourage and inspire, as well as put everything in perspective. Add to that, so many of them are medics, and so you'll feel, not only at home, but also vactly superior!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21729431.post-41940792193816187652007-11-15T00:33:00.000-06:002007-11-15T00:33:00.000-06:00My deepest sympathies. What a nightmare. My story ...My deepest sympathies. What a nightmare. My story isn't nearly as bad as yours, but our conductor got us a Christmas gig then told us she and the three lead players in our very small and inexperienced group would not be there - they have a different gig.Guanacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00672817385368210177noreply@blogger.com