I am a former band "fag", "geek", "insert insult here". I haven't played since I left high school. I played some scales on my tarnished old flute last night and not only was I surprised I still could, but my boys were ecstatic! They said "Mommy, we didn't know you could do that!" Mommy has hidden talents

So I ordered some Christmas music from flutestop.com and might try to impress them with some Christmas solos. I would love to play with an orchestra some day. Not a big one, something small, not too expensive....sorry wandered off onto a Monty Python quote there.

In school I played in every band imaginable. Jazz (tenor sax), concert band (flute) and marching band (flute). I would have to say jazz was the most fun although we sucked. I went to a very small school (88 in my graduating class) so we had to where a lot of hats. I think we did pretty well for such a small group. We had some pretty embarassing moments in marching band. We went to a state marching exhibition and performed right after the biggest school in the state (who was the genious with that idea?!) Our band instructor new we couldn't seriously compare so he had us play "Wipe Out" dressed in shorts and hawaiian shirts acting like we were surfing while we played...oh the shame. The other big embarassment that sticks out is one Holiday parade where our instruments froze shut so we played Jingle Bells on kazoos.....oy!