Composers Conference Day 2

So today was a super awesome fabulous day. Period. A blog post does not need to be written... except it will be.
So I got up wicked early (it reminded me of junior year...ugh), showered, dressed, ate chocolate chip muffins that my mommy made, and got ready to head off to Wellesley College.
So we get in the car with my lunch all packed and Melody all ready to head off to a nice day of music, music, and more music. And 128 isn't moving. Of course. And it's pouring rain. And it's complete gridlock. And suddenly there's a *boom* on the back of the car. Yes, we got into a 128 fender bender. And left 2 scratches on my mom's really nice, spiffy, completely unscratched car. So whatever, eventually we got to Wellesley, about 2 minutes before I had to be there... but it was tight.
So I had my first chamber rehearsal. We're doing this completely unknown trio... it's okay, but not spectacular. But our coach is AMAZING. He's a bassoonist and is a great teacher. It's pretty sick.
So then we did a read-through of the Overture to Cosi (I thought I was done with Cosi forever. I was wrong) and Beethoven 2. I've now realized how much I'm going to miss this year's GBYSO's oboe section. The girl that played the beautiful oboe solo at the beginning of Cosi was rather painful compared to Paul's version. It made me sad.
So then was lunchtime. And since I can't have lunch in the cafeteria unless I feel like paying 10 bucks (umm, no. I'm cheap and I'm happy with that), I took the lunch I packed (sammich, cherries, carrots, and the last chocolate chip muffin) into a practice room and ate and then practiced. For 2 hours. It was fabulous.
And then... for the big finale... the best part of the day...
BASSOON QUARTETS!
So my chamber coach brought in a whole bunch of bassoon quartets and we just played them. And kept playing them. And my friend Antonio kept handing me the 1st parts so he wouldn't have to play high Bs, Cs, and Ds. But it was amazing. Sooo much fun. We played for 2 hours straight. It was amazing.
And then I went home, made/ate supper, and headed off to band (aka another hour plus of bassooning). So pretty much I played bassoon all day. It was amazing.