We're Here!

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Hi! So I'm officially at NYO right now. I meant to post yesterday but couldn't find the charger for my laptop; so I apologize. But yes. I am here!
It's been a really chill, really cool day so far; I've gone around meeting everyone I see, and while that's definitely been fun, it's also exhausting. I can only be social and outgoing for about 1-2 hours at a time; after that I just crash wherever I am and stick with whomever I happen to be next to. But I've met people across all the sections and instruments; I met all four bassoonists, most of the rest of the wind section, and of course tons of strings. I actually don't think I met any brass players today. But I also did meet plenty of percussionists and apprentices. I was really surprised actually at the speed at which I got along with so many of the people I met. The ones who came early (apparently I was early, but I arrived around 1-1:30 ish) wandered around welcoming others as they came in, while figuring out where everyone was from at the same time. There was a camera crew there, and it was pretty funny because they actually made some of the people who arrived on the shuttle get back on and off so that they could record it.