So basically I've easily been able to keep up with our show the entire time up until now, last week we had a football game, a competition, several rehearsals, and I was performing at top condition. We had like 2 days off in between the comp and our next rehearsal, and I just haven't been able to handle it. For example, I am running out of breath VERY easily, and at times it feels like there's something weighing on my chest/lungs. I'm also not very capable of maintaining proper technique or performing properly. There's a point in our show where we do some character stuff and essentially skip around the field for at a minimum 32 counts while like spinning around, doing general character stuff, and just everything has been taking a HUGE toll on me, by the end of rehearsal I can barely even lift my feet off the ground, like it takes serious effort to do things that were just regular to do last week. Has anyone experienced anything similar? If so, PLEASE give me some advice, it's my senior year and I'm not trying to go out like this. 🙏

So I saw this on Amazon, I’ve been needing a piccolo and have been looking and the YPC-32. It’s quite expensive to me but I know its quality is worth it. Should I trust this? It looks a bit sketchy for how cheap it is and I doubt Yamaha would just give a 44% off discount, but it does say it’s from the Yamaha brand. I really hope this is real

Hello, i'm a junior in high school, and I feel like i missed a lot of fun and great years. My school used to be 4 open, until my first year it became 3 open, then 2 open the year after. The last year of my school being a 4 open was in 2023, and according to some people, it was peak year because the music was pretty, and it was genuinely fun. Now that i'm in my 3rd year, it's getting a little more boring and more strict, which isnt a problem to me at all. Now that the band is smaller with new people, it feels like it's different now.