This happened back in I believe 2013. I was stationed at Parris Island with the Marine Corps band down there as a euphonium player at the time. We decided to take a trip up to NY for a set of gigs and the one I was looking forward to the most was at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Most of the trip's gigs had gone pretty well for me up until that point so I was pretty excited.
The morning of the gig I woke up with a giant sore in my mouth (I have no idea how it got there...I didn't do anything out of the ordinary) on my gums. It hurt pretty bad and when I tried playing in the morning before the gig I couldn't even manage anything higher than a low Bb. I told my section leader that day (there were three of us in the section) and he pretty much said "play what you can or just fake it" which really wasn't much. There was no way I was going to be allowed to just sit it out it seemed and I honestly didn't want to. I loved the sound in that hall so much that I was more than a bit upset to know I wouldn't really get to make music in it that night.
Well the gig went really well for the band. Long story short, I think that was the best that my section ever sounded, lol. The sore went away in about a day or two (we still had more gigs, but it didn't bother me as much by then. I learned that toothpaste does wonders in those situations). We never went back though during the time I was in the military unfortunately.
The morning of the gig I woke up with a giant sore in my mouth (I have no idea how it got there...I didn't do anything out of the ordinary) on my gums. It hurt pretty bad and when I tried playing in the morning before the gig I couldn't even manage anything higher than a low Bb. I told my section leader that day (there were three of us in the section) and he pretty much said "play what you can or just fake it" which really wasn't much. There was no way I was going to be allowed to just sit it out it seemed and I honestly didn't want to. I loved the sound in that hall so much that I was more than a bit upset to know I wouldn't really get to make music in it that night.
Well the gig went really well for the band. Long story short, I think that was the best that my section ever sounded, lol. The sore went away in about a day or two (we still had more gigs, but it didn't bother me as much by then. I learned that toothpaste does wonders in those situations). We never went back though during the time I was in the military unfortunately.
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