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Hey! Okay I need some advice but this question needs to be answered by music players instead of just anybody.
OK I play oboe and play in the school band and one of my best friends plays violin for her church orchestra. She loves to say that BAND SUCKS and ORCHESTRA RULES. How do I get her to shut up about it? It bugs me so much and you can't really have an orchestra with out band instruments can you. I think alot of it deals with her OCS (only child syndrome) not saying every only child has it. It's just the only way me and my friend Erin are able to describe it. Please Help!!
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	~Sarah Elizabeth~	13-Aug-02

I don't know about anyone else, but I have played in bands and in Orchestras and trust me... they are both awesome! I would still be playing, except that I don't have enough time to do all the things that I and band ended up eliminated because it took up soo much time I didn't have time for everything else I . I don't live near an orchestra for teenagers anymore either, so I can't participate in these things no matter how much I luv them both. Tell her that the quality of the music that the ensemble creates is what counts, not the kind of ensemble it is. Besides, where would they be without oboes... they are a key instrument in orchestras too!!!! Orchestras tune to the oboes since they are the hardest to tune, so just mention that not only is your band soooooo much better than her orchestra... your instrument is also the reason her orchestra doesn't completely suck! If she can't just leave be the fact that bands and orchestras are both awesome, she doesn't care very much about you. Just have doing what ever you're doing and let her have and all will be good!

	Malia	13-Aug-02

Can't you just ignore her? If you don't react to it, then maybe she'll stop. Just tell her that it bugs you and annoys you and you don't go around saying ORCHESTRA SUCKS AND BAND RULES. She needs to put your feelings into considerate if she's your friend.

		12-Aug-02

Neither of the ensembles "suck" (well, unless of course it is literally bad). If she's really convinced that band "sucks," it's just a case of immaturity, nothing more. Bands and orchestras both have their own places.

	~@Bible3000200020@~	26-Jul-02

Well, all i can say is that i am a trumpet player in an orchestra and I think that orchsetras are better than bands. They have a better sound than bands. I am a r of all music exept rap and country. You should be too.

	Sandy	22-Jun-02

I would tell her that, if their orchestra is a small one, it would non existent w/o the orchestra winds. Strings have a tendency to be REALLY out of tune all the time and w/o us band kids they would sound like crap. That should shut her up for a little while.

	Melissa	18-Jun-02

Well just tell her that in Orchastra,you have Band intruments,you have French Horns,Flutes, Percussion,and other instruments like that we have in Band. Also make sure that you tell her that as long as you both are making music that's all that matters,because music is a wonderfull thing that some people take forgranted,but they shouldn't. Just tell her that,and the fact that it also bothers you,and if she is your friend she will accept the fact that BAND IS BETTER! j/k anyways she would just accept the fact that they both are equal.[a

	][ ~wasted freak~ ][	17-Jun-02

Just tell her how much it bothers you. I would say something like "You wouldn't like it if I started saying Ochestra sucks...so don't say stuff about band sucking" Anyways, In a symphony every instrument with the band, and orchestra play together. you might want to bring that up too. Oh, and if it doesn't work...(TeenFX RULEZ!) off usually does the trick.