Every January during high school, I always looked forward to playing in the All-State Orchestra. Although playing great music with other talented musicians was enjoyable, I looked forward even more to talking with interesting people from other schools that I only got to see for those few days. The concerts at the end of our stay were almost an afterthought.
Apparently, I wasn't the only participant who felt that way. Another musician, who became one of my college orchestra's concertmasters, announced to everyone in the hotel hallway one night, "Think about the logic of it. We know what chair (placements) we got. Don't you all want to go home?"
A loud chorus of "Yeahhhhhhhh!" followed.
