Reply To: Funny Things Said in the Band Room

[nafmeadmin]

I was working on rhythms with the 4th grade today, and one of the trombones kept playing on a rest. I kept on saying “REST” on the rest to get the word in his head with no luck. Then, approaching it from another angle, I told him it’s a good idea to take a BREATH on the rest. I then asked him, what should you do there? His brain obviously was on overload at this point as he exclaimed, “You take a BREAST!” (He was completely unaware of what he had just said, though one girl and a boy started giggling to each other with unmitigated glee. I was about to collapse into laughter but was able to catch myself in time.)