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What's the point of All Region?
written by Fluterfone
All Region. Nobody likes it, nobody really gets it. So why do we do this to ourselves? We get so worked up every year. Some music teachers get together, give a little cackle, and choose three obscenely hard etudes out of a book, then publish those. And we, as high schoolers, with anywheres from 3-6 years of experience, are expected to not only play them, but play them *well*, at a tempo that would make some professionals probably cringe. And while they give up three months to get them up to that point, these idiots in Austin would be mad to think that all we have on our plates are these etudes (rather long ones, I should add). Not a one of these three selected etudes (or, rather, two for freshmen) sound particularly nice. Oft times they have no sense of musicality to them. Oh, but what a big deal it is. We sit and compare ourselves to each other, rank ourselves, worry, fret, loose sleep, starve, get so nervous we almost pass out... all for one day, one audition in front of three starving, unhappy judges who've given up their entire Saturday to listen to a bunch of high schoolers cack through three pieces. Is this really helping anyone?
No, I say! No! All-Region is a horrible practice. I don't personally *care* if some kid from Plano can beat me... honestly, I don't! They don't have any effect upon my status in the band program at *my* high school. And while some may argue it's nice to know where you would rank among high schoolers from around your region, what does it really do for you? Anything? I mean, aside from being able to say 'Well, I beat four people from *insert school name here*. You?' Honestly! It's a stupid sadistic practice! Whoever invented it must've thoroughly enjoied watching children writhe and suffer because of it. It takes those who enjoy band and wrings the fun out of it, and then those who are good, it only adds more preasure.
It just doesn't make sense why we do this to ourselves! I mean, I suppose it's akin to any number of things that we do to cause ourselves pain. Tatoos. Piercings in non-traditional places (i.e. anywhere but your earlobes). Heck, even just going to the dentist (though that is arguably for your health. Still, doesn't hurt any less). Why do we do it to ourselves?! Hmm?! Are we as humans just so enamored with the thought of causing ourselves to worry about something that at the end of the day will mean NOTHING?! Hmm?! Are we that stupid?!
Probably. Yet it doesn't bother us. We don't know different. We take pride in saying "I suck more than you do." And we need that something to complain about, and All-Region is, admitedly, a wonderful outlet for that need. And as for the stupidity factor... well, if you look around, we do quite a few stupid things. And of course if you were to take the rationale that we should never do something stupid that would potentially cause us suffereing, well, we'd probably be a lot less smart for it (after all, what could you call AP classes but the same thing?).
So at the end of the day, I remember something I saw on a tee shirt. Original, yes, I know. However, it's still sticking with me. One performance on one day does not determine how good of a musician you are. So there! Haha! I have conquered thee, All-Region! You and your evil ways. For four years I have subjected myself to it's rigors and it's worries, it's stress and everything. But no longer. I am free of you. Forever. Thank you God.
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