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Sunday the Advent Orchestra had its performance. I thought it turned out well. By that point my tone was pretty good, and I hit most of the notes cleanly. And the songs took turns getting stuck in my head.<\/p>\n
I wish I had the endurance to play my part exactly, but when you only play about once a year, high notes take a toll. So to pace myself through the run-through and two services, I wrote some lower parts to play in the spots where my music wandered up to high Fs and Gs. I ended up improvising a little too. It made me wonder what an orchestral jam session would be like.<\/p>\n
I also thought a little about what I could do to get myself to play the horn more. I don’t know if I want to join a performing group, but maybe I can find some music to play on my own with recordings.<\/p>\n
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On Sunday Tim and I watched The Last Jedi<\/em>. 5\/5. I think it helped I didn’t have many expectations<\/a>. I agree with Film Critic Hulk that the film represents a new, broader direction<\/a> for the series and that this is a good thing.<\/p>\n The other movie I watched last week is in the next section.<\/p>\n Here are some highlights from last week’s segment of my Christmas vacation.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n My flight was on Tuesday, but I took Monday off too so I’d have more time to pack and such. Plus I’ve always liked the idea of tacking some staycation days onto a vacation. I still stayed up late to finish some technology setup, but at least I wasn’t packing in a panic.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n My flight to Texas was on United. They’ve improved their overbooking system<\/a>. The check-in kiosk asked if I’d volunteer to take a later flight for an additional voucher, so to be nice to my fellow passengers I said yes, but it turned out they didn’t need me.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n Wednesday my siblings and I took our customary walk down some residential streets. We had an interesting time observing the styles of the homes and decorations in the area. We also found this strange object.<\/p>\nChristmas<\/h2>\n
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Tuesday<\/h3>\n
Wednesday<\/h3>\n
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