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I play trumpet in the Mukilteo Community Orchestra.

We’re a good orchestra, and our conductor really brings out our best. When I say best, I mean best assuming we practice, which we do.

I’d say I practice more now than I ever did in high school. I imagine I’m not the only one who practiced just enough back then to get by.

Now, however, I have a goal… a reason… to practice: I actually enjoy it.

Huh. Who would have guessed?

I practice almost every day, and I can really tell the difference in my sound and endurance after missing a day or two. And now that I have built my pr...