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Yes, I am a MARCHING OBOE!!!!!!!

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BAND IS LIFE!

JUDGE: The judges are ready. Is the band ready?
MR. SHETLAND: WE'RE ALWAYS READY!
~Las Vegas Tournament 2002

Top Ten Reasons To Play The Oboe:
10. People pay attention long enough to figure out what the heck that thing is you're playing.
9. Learning to transpose music as you play (from reading flute parts).
8. The case is a good weapon is emergencies: bigger than a flute case, can act as a shield and yet is portable!
7. If you lose your music, the bells always have the same part.
6. If you lose you music, the flutes always have the same part.
5. If you lose your music, somebody at some point in the piece has the same part!
4. You can always hide in the clarinet section.
3. No one cares if you're not heard.
2. You always get your own stand.
1. No Competition! (At least, not in the same band).


Five reasons not to:
5. Oboe reeds are more expensive than clarinet and sax reeds.
4. Having to explain that it's an oboe not a clarinet every single day.
3. Having to explain what the water is for. It takes longer to explain why you have to soak your reed in water instead of using spit, especially for regular reed instrument players.
2. Flutes hitting you in the shoulder.
1. Cutting your tongue on the reed.