Nothing but Treble

Nothing but Treble — page 7 — Keep at it you two Then he moved on to working with two other woodwind players Sherman Frye and Baylor Meece I guess Morgan noticed I wasn't too happy about her calling me out on my technique in front of Mr Byrd I'm sorry if I embarrassed you I didn't mean to Morgan said You sounded great I was just trying to help No problem I said I wasn't embarrassed Truth I totally wasn't embarrassed Really I was just plain annoyed by Morgan and how she acted like she knew so much She smiled Good I hope to be a famous conductor someday at Carnegie Hall in New York That reminded me of that New York New York song that Frank Sinatra sang I started the first few lines with Start spreading the news Morgan ignored me Instead she looked all dreamy and said There are hardly any women

Nothing but Treble — page 8 — musical conductors in the whole entire world you know I ended my song and Morgan went on with And I want to be the next one to lead an orchestra on the big stage Yeah well for now you'd better jet your brain back from New York City to Benton Bluff We've gotta work on getting our pitch together I said right before positioning my mouthpiece and playing another F concert pitch Much better Morgan said You didn't look like a baby chipmunk that time Thanks I think Morgan and I worked on playing our note together over and over By the time Mr Byrd came around to listen to us again we sounded pretty awesome together Mr Byrd noticed too What an improvement Morgan and Colby I'd say you two are almost pitch perfect

Nothing but Treble — page 9 — It's easy when I'm working with someone like Colby Morgan smiled He's a great sax player I smiled too You're not so bad either Miss Music Conductor And I actually meant it At first Morgan seemed like a real pain But the more we played together the more I realized that Morgan wasn't such a bad partner after all She was just super into music probably because of how she wanted to be some famous conductor Mr Byrd smiled too Harmony in the band room That's what I like to hear When Mr Byrd moved on to the next pair Morgan said Since I'm not so bad now will you tell me what that top secret note was all about Morgan was back to that huh I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not What if she went and blabbed it to the whole band But Morgan didn't seem like a blabby blabbermouth Promise you won't laugh I said

Nothing but Treble — page 10 — Morgan made a cross over her heart And promise not to tell anybody else I Morgan Bryant do solemnly promise that I will not laugh at whatever Colby Ellis is about to tell me nor will I ever tell anyone else That is my last will and testament She pretended to zip her lips She even locked them up and tossed the key over one shoulder for good measure That made it sound all official So before I could change my mind I said Those are some names I'm kicking around for my band But Morgan blinked Benton Bluff already has a name No I shook my head Not this band I want to start my own band like on the side I waited Morgan didn't laugh Or say anything She finally said You know what you need Colby What You need a bandleader She pointed to herself Like me

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