Last Stretch of Junior Year Day 56 - Spring Sports Banquet

I remember back in March, I had an orchestra project in which I arranged the "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" by John Williams to be played in a string trio.  Apparently that inspired the athletic director to invite some orchestra students to play at the banquet. Yeah, because in every true athlete, some kind of Olympic dream exists, even if such a dream exists very briefly.  I obviously will "never" become good enough at skiing to ever join any kind of team, nor will it be important for the rest of my life, since it appears that things such as science and research would most likely be what I do best.  Regardless, for those athletes at our school who still believe, I say dream on, especially if you even paid attention to any of the groups playing on the stage.  However, I guess music might possibly and very minutely still be important in my life...since the trio I played in obviously was worth mentioning to an athletic director

As a result, ever since March, several groups of musicians volunteered/were summoned to perform at the banquet.  At one point, it was completely forgotten that the Olympic Fanfare was supposed to be performed at the banquet.  It's amusing how it's the one that inspired the whole thing anyway.

Regardless, orchestra + sports-minded people = lack of attention to both groups.  So although some pieces were played in a small corner, and other pieces were announced, and others just began at random, the applause varied directly proportional to the number of people that knew that some people were actually playing music...not that anyone could hear anything.

Really, one must remember that the sports banquet is to honor the student-athletes in the school.  Oops, unless there are athletes in the performing group, hence it's a celebration of themselves.  And besides, who needs to listen to some violins and other stringed instruments making a large amount of noise?  One can listen to the sweet music of the food being prepared, the pleasant chords made by general gossip, and exquisitely voiced orchestral hits of students cheering.

In conclusion: let's see what happens next year if I go back as a musician in a rock band instead of a violist playing in a string trio.