More Orchestra Talk

There has been gossip about getting kicked out of Symphony. Today the 2nd cello came over to my friend Lu (cello), and said "You better practice your music, unless you want to get the boot" then she said "were you there when we were talking about it?" and lu nodded, and the other girl smiled. I am not intimidated, because I know that only mr. G can kick kids out, and pree and lu said that after the last class, the 1st and 2nd cellos had been talking about who they wanted to leave, and they wanted to get rid of me, but pree and lu said no, and mr g said that I am the most hard working student in the orchestra, and that he would never kick me out. (this is what pree and lu said, I did not hear this myself). then today in orch. he let us work on our Solo & Ensemble music while he called us in individually to hear us. and then he took his grade book and went into his office. Our group got together, and Mr. G called in about 10 students to hear, including my stand partner (4th chair). We played our Presto a couple of times, and we found it to loud to play Canon. Then the first girl who was listened to came out of the office, and she said that we had to play him pieces from the concert, so I went and told that to my group, and we decided to play Hallelujah Chorus, since Mr. G says that it is not one of our best songs. We started playing, just the 5 of us, and it got a little quieter, some kids turned and stared, then it got a little louder in the room, and we were about 14 msrs through. then mr g came storming out of his off ice and bellowed "Don't you dare play that song!" as soon as he stepped out of his office it became quiet, and it was silence for a little while after he went back in. everyone was staring at us. then students began practicing again, and i told my group that he just didn't want us to play it because it was too good. they agreed, and we continued to play. at the end of class, Mr. G came and said that everyone who he called in that day could play, but they didn't play with maturity. No one in my group was listened to, so i think that that is a good sign. he will hear our groups play on Monday.