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You will have to wait at least another two hours for the last parent to pick up a child.

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Band members playing correctly will always follow the players who are playing incorrectly.

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Invariably, the melody will be in an instrument you do not have.

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If they are provided, they will be in the parts of your weakest section.

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You will have to conduct from a condensed score.

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The music stand you get will wobble.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about music, contentment

If you take a music stand down and put it up enough times, eventually you will have two of them.

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Secretaries always interrupt rehearsal when concentration levels are at their peak.

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Players late for rehearsal are always those who sit in the centre of the band.

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After-school meetings always occur on the day of an important after-school rehearsal.

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At least one mute will vanish from the brass section at any rehearsal.

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The longer the rests, the less likely a section will enter after them.

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If a name can be mispronounced as the programme is being introduced, it will.

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For every student wanting to play alto sax, there will be seven who want to play snare drum.

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Fix one spot in the music and another spot falls apart.

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Any alternate fingerings taught will be promptly forgotten.

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At least one music folder will be left on a music stand after each rehearsal.

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It will usually be the same player.

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If it is not the same player, there will be no name in the folder.

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Even if everything is explained perfectly, there will still be a question.

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