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Several times in the past weeks of mad cap rehearsing for the band concert, someone has dropped a mallet or a cymbal or the like. And while there's always the usually moment of silence from everyone in the room, as they think on their sins and regret their life choices, Mr. Soo has taken to saying something to break the silence. Make it less of the Upperclassmen reliving their Satiric Dances nightmares(just thinking about that moment gives me shivers), and more of a meme.
Memorably, someone dropped brass mallets on the bells, which isn't just traumatic, it's discordant. Mr. Soo just gave the bells, the instrument, a half-amused, half-disgruntled look, and said, "Bless You." Or when someone dropped a cymbal, and the band room went silent(which should be impossible, but traumatic memories do that), but Mr. Soo just yelled, "Yahtze!"
It feels kinda stupid to write, but Band sometimes takes itself too seriously, especially as concert stress kicks in. That there's still these moments of levity is really nice, and really interesting to go into, because we already treat our instruments as sentient beings. This just goes a little further.
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