Hang Out and Post

[jumpingbeans]

Yeah, we're having it in February because Nova Scotia is hosting the Halifax Winter Games now. They're giving us time off to 'see the games'.

[Iona]

Oh I see. Do you watch these games? :P

[jumpingbeans]

Nope. I'm not really a sportive man. I prefer board and card games, or computer/video games.

[Iona]

Ah I see.

 

I like playing sports rather than watching them. But I do watch some sports on TV when I feel like it. :)

[Tyler.]

I'm also a person who plays sports rather than watches them

even though I do watch the Olympics

my Spring Break isn't until the week after Easter :(

[Iona]

I watch the Olympics too, though only the events that look interesting.

Oh, I get a holiday at Easter too :)

[Spritzie]

I've never been big on sports, I'd always rather play. The only time I watched was when my favorite bball team (Utah Jazz) were in the finals for 2 years. And when I was playing softball, I watched my favorite baseball team go to, and win the World Series.

[Iona]

Baseball! I've never watched it on TV, but when I was on holiday in Canada quite a few years ago, I watched the Toronto Blue Jays at a stadium in the first and only baseball game I've ever seen!

[Spritzie]

I have never been to a major league game, but I've been to several minor league ones. Both for fun, and performing there with my school bands.

[Iona]

Oh that's cool, what do you play?

 

I'll come back to reply later. Off for dinner now.

[Spritzie]

I haven't played anything since HS, but I used to play flute, piccolo and tenor sax.

[phyxius_on]

Sports - I used to play baseball but I hate to watch it on T.V.

I do watch Nascar Sprint Cup (just starting up again woot woot, I was in withdrawl lol)

Instruments - I play guitar, mandolin and the chanter (hubby plays the guitar, mandolin, bagpipes, penny whistle, harmonica and drums ... wish I had his talent)

[Iona]

Woah, that's a nice variety of instruments right there!

 

Er, I played recorder and tenor horn in primary school and I played the piano round about the same time. I no longer play any instruments.

[Tedhaun]

So lucky that I don't have to go to work this upcoming week!

I have February Vacation starting right about now, so thrilled. :D

[Divya Bean]

I play a bunch of instruments. I played piano for 5 years, then I picked up viola for one year, then I played the clarinet for 3 years and I won numerous competitions but then I decided that I wanted to switch the oboe because you can get musical scholarships for the oboe.

[Spritzie]

I started playing the flute when I was in 5th grade. I added in the piccolo in 6th for certain songs. Then in 8th, I taught myself tenor sax so I could join my school's jazz band. They were considered the special band, so the jazz band, show choir, and special orchestra traveled to grade schools and perform in contests.

 

When I did contests with friends, I played the flute. I got 2 first place rankings for that. (The first year was a flute duet. The second was a trio with 2 flutes and a tuba.)

[Wembly]

I play the ukulele! And I used to play the piano. Wish I could play well by ear, not really so good at it. I really just like to practice my chords on my uke, I don't really play songs all that often. I always wished I could be one of those people who can just hear a song and then play it.

[Spritzie]

I wish I played guitar, and piano. Those, you can play by yourself, and continue playing longer to enjoy. After I stopped playing in school, I never really touched my flute again. There was no point.

 

But I do miss it. I always enjoyed it. My dad and I used to do trombone/flute duets. (My dad was in marching bands and such when he was younger, playing trombone, tuba and baritone.)

[jumpingbeans]

I play the tuba! And the piano. It's odd, cause I changed over from the clarinet to the tuba.

[Spritzie]

I stayed in the same general types. Flute and piccolo have pretty much no difference. Flute and the sax are tons more alike than most think.

 

I think the biggest change in my band classes, was when a flute player, changed to learning guitar.

[Divya Bean]

Clarinet and oboe are really alike as well. Most of the fingerings are the same, so it was a really easy switch. Other than this stupid double reed...

[Tyler.]

I'm a guitarist, both acoustic and electric

[Spritzie]

Oboes are awesome Divya. I don't think we had one in any of my band classes over the years though.

 

Reeds. That was the biggest change from flute to sax. I always hated dealing with the reeds. Plus, for some reason, I had to get slightly more expensive reeds for them to work right.

[Manta]

Ooh I play violin! *waves hand excitedly* And guitar, though not very well; and piano, though even worse :P

 

I actually made a YouTube channel to upload my video game music covers on, but I don't have a good microphone so I haven't uploaded anything yet xDD

[Spritzie]

My husbands played violin and piano. (Then my mom played violin. My dad's mom played trumpet and got college scholarships for it. And my dad's dad was a band director in the US Navy, as well as a Colorado HS.)