So yes, I'm back ✨ Sorry I've been gone for so long, I mostly just post messages here now haha. I have some private issues, burnout etc. (dude school hasn't even started in BW but yeah already cooked for the rest of 2025 💀)
So here are some random anecdotes from orchestra, because yes ✨
1. The street sign 🪧
In the 23/24 season (I wasn't in orchestra yet), the whole orchestra had a trip to Bayreuth. And you must know (also for future anecdotes) that all the guys in the brass section are insane. Anyways, the brass guys went around town, probably drunk as HELL (as they always are), and found a street sign they found funny cuz it said "Jean-Paul-Straße". Why? Because our conductor's first names are Jan Paul. So what they did is basically... they ripped the goddamn sign off from the house it was stuck to or whatever, don't ask how they did it 😭 and gave it to our conductor. But since our conductor is a chill guy™️, he just took the sign... and legend has it that he hung it on his bedroom wall. 🤦♀️
2. Creepy winter camp incident 😰
This happened in our annual winter camp - this time I was also in the orchestra - and let's just say it's random as hell. So in the 2nd violins, there was a guy who I will call J now. At that time he was 15 years old and known for being a player and touching everyone, but not in a pleasant way. For some unknown reason though, everyone liked him (except me, for well... complicated reasons). Well, besides the point. Anyways, I literally saw him hitting on a FREAKING 13 YEAR OLD in our section (who I'll call A). They were standing at a wall, normally talking and stuff when he suddenly puts his arm around her waist. But to a point where it didn't seem just "romantic" (don't get me wrong, we have several, healthy (!) couples in orchestra and I'm completely fine with them), but kind of concerning. A stopped talking entirely, visibly uncomfortable, while J kept pulling her closer. I was running up the hill (we were in a kinda castle) to intervene and I was scared something would happen to A, even though she's my biggest op in reality. But fortunately, A managed to pull away herself and walked back to her room. Later one of A's friends (who also had witnessed the scene somehow?) told me that J told her that was the best moment of his life. Creepy.
3. The one time I got locked into the toilet 🧻
This happened on our summer tour. I was very chill, in the toilet, and then I wanted to get out. But then I realise I can't 💀. So I yell out to the others: "Hey guys I think I locked myself in..!" Bruh and the first thing I hear from outside is not "oh no" or something, but... a collective "OH HELL NAH!!!!" Because here's the twist. In the church we were playing, there was apparently this only one toilet. And if I didn't manage to get out, that would mean half the orchestra would piss themselves on stage. I literally tried everything to get out, then I sat down on the floor and decided to give up until somebody outside realised they had to PULL the door from outside so I could unlock the door and gtfo. So they did and after five minutes of pure ANXIETY, I FINALLY got the hell out of there. 😭
4. POV: Your crush... 💔
So this story basically begins with the fact that I had this MASSIVE crush on this one violist who I'll call C. He was some extra violist coming from Saarbrücken and some Landesorchester (so a higher-level orchestra than us ✨) because we didn't have enough violists in the summer season. And yeah, as I already mentioned, it was like LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT because our conductor officially introduced him, and he stands up, and then my brain is like: "sMaSh 🤠" Well, of course he wasn't only smash but he was extremely nice to everyone. And most importantly, he wasn't in J's sphere of influence, nor like the brass kids. Bro was just a totally correct chill guy, which I found out after we exchanged a few words with each other. And then, after a successful open air concert, C just despawned back to Saarbrücken :( because some violists we initially had came back after passing their Abitur. One day, a friend and I started talking about him and then she was like: "Oh did you know he was in university?" Me: "..." WAIT GUYS I AINT A BIG FAN OF AGE GAP BUT THAT MAN LOOKED LIKE 15 OR 16, OK- 💀🪦🥀
Yesss so these are some anecdotes. I might upload more if I can remember any other good ones and if I have time 💀. Hope you had fun reading 😂
