LOOK OUTSIDE YOUR TOP 10

maybe your Top Ten isn't what you thought it was, and maybe your second class is better

I last forgot my reeds for a Pops concert rehearsal twenty-three and a half years ago. I borrowed a reed from the second oboist, but we play the oboe very differently. It was both unpleasant and embarrassing enough that I managed to remember my reeds for the next 23.5 years straight. However, I maintained the following back-up plan which was finally cal…