Orchestra

Yesterday I had orchestra, and it went as normal, besides the fact that I had auditions. I think auditions went well, and Dad said I sounded really good. I thought that was nice, because the chair I was on was a bench and I am not used to sitting on benches. I kind of had to go to one side in order to make sure that my strap was well placed to hold my cello properly, and I was at an angle that I am not used to.

During orchestra, Mrs. Lim had the cellos each playing their individual parts on the Brandenburg 3, and I was on the 2nd part. The other guy on the part was Daniel, our 2nd chair. Daniel and I were playing our part on our own (Mrs. Lim wanted to hear each cello part individually), and I heard a tapping noise. The kind that comes from touching your cello. The kind that none of our parts have. The kind that distracts you. I knew very well that it was our last chair, Josef (He tends to make noises on his cello when we aren't doing anything, so it was easy to figure out.), and so after we were done, I turned around, angry, looked him in the eye and said:
"It is very rude to make noises on your cello when somebody else is playing!"
Except loud enough that the entire orchestra could hear. He looked at me wide-eyed and shocked, as if he could not imagine that anyone would dare to say that to him. I swear Mrs. Lim was almost laughing. He stopped making noises on his cello after that.