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Top Ten Things About This Past Tuesday's Concert:

10. There were prom decorations already on the stage we could use. Plug them in, instant atmosphere.

9. I only had two piano accompaniments, both of which went well. Meaning, I didn't screw up so badly due to piano performance anxiety that I messed up my soloist.

8. I had the best attendance I've ever had, about 85%.

7. I reserved the first 3 1/2 rows for the students, and they were well-behaved, except for a few that thought they were at a football game and kept shouting things like, "Yeah, Go for it! Woot! Woot! Woot!"

6. Aside from conducting the 5th grade beginning band, 6th grade band, and middle-high band, I had a long string of soloists that I didn't have to do anything for, just watch and encourage, which I did, happily, from the sidelines--I mean wings.

5. Only one percussion instrument got lost.

4. My graduating seniors went out with a bang and not a whimper.

3. I feel very satisfied with how it went, and the students thought they did well.

2. My boss liked it.

1. I don't have to put another one together 'til December.