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"Oh...oh...love, love to the core..."
Even the responses from the members sounded broken and disjointed, with some so embarrassed that they simply remained silent.
Seeing this, Sayaka Akamatsu directly took over from Sakurako Yukawa and said loudly:
"We are not girls who wait in the same place!"
Encouraged, some of the girls joined in the shouting:
"A woman of beauty, intelligence, and courage! Bring on any challenging wind instrument piece!"
"Weare"
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"Fighting girls!"
"applaud--!"
Snap snap snap snap snap—
A series of applause erupted in the audition room.
Sakurako Yukawa blushed and quickly stepped forward, saying:
"I still think this new slogan is a bit strange!"
What's strange about it?
"Because there are several boys in this brass band club! And Mr. Kitahara is also a boy! He's a member of our brass band club too!"
“Hmm, that seems right,” Akamatsu Sayaka said, resting her chin on her hand.
Tenkai Sora and several other boys couldn't help but complain, "Only now are you realizing this so late!"
Sakurako Yukawa took a deep breath, her chest rising slightly through her dark brown uniform:
"Forget about all that now! Shenxu High School! Fight!"
As the minister uttered his peculiar English pronunciation, the members felt as if they had returned to their happy hometown, and they shouted in unison:
"Woo woo woo!"
Kitahara Hakuba had no idea they had changed the lines, and his "Go for it!" was mixed in with a chorus of "Whoa whoa whoa!"
"Ah, this is too ordinary!" Akamatsu Sayaka said with a bitter face.
"You're being too flashy..."
"That's how you make a lasting impression!"
"Let's discuss it later, it's just too embarrassing," said Sakurako Yukawa, rubbing her forehead in exasperation.
At this moment, a staff member pushed open the door and said:
"Students from Shenxu Private High School, time is almost up, please get ready."
Kitahara Hakuba was the first to walk to the door, raising his index finger and saying:
"No making any noise when we go outside later."
Before they even left, they stopped talking and kept nodding.
More than fifty people followed him to the aisle that led to the stage.
"What if you suddenly feel like laughing?" Kuno Tachibana asked, glancing at Amemori, who was a head taller than him.
Yu Shou let out a soft sigh and said in a low voice:
"Then think about something sad."
"What if I feel like crying when I think about sad things?"
Yu Shou glared at her, looking annoyed, signaling her to be quiet.
"Then you can think of something happier," Nagasawa Miya said in a low voice as she passed by her.
Goto Yu smiled and said, "It's a closed loop."
"Shh—" Kawai Sakura reminded him.
The corridor was so quiet that the only sound was the rustling of a girl's skirt against her legs. As soon as the staff pushed open the door, the sounds of other high school students playing music rushed in.
Before I could even listen carefully, it was over, and deafening applause erupted from the other side of the curtain.
"The next performer is number seventeen, from Hokkaido Hakodate Shin-Asahi Private High School."
The voice from the broadcast reached their ears as Kitahara Hakuba led the brass band onto the stage, where everyone took their seats.
"The designated piece is the first piece, and the free piece is 'The Tears of Princess Kinoda of the Hii River' composed by Masatoku Taruya and conducted by Hakuba Kitahara."
Kitahara Hakuba bowed to the audience, and the hall erupted in enthusiastic applause.
He gracefully stepped onto the command platform, above him, the lights as bright as day.
However, for Kitahara Hakuba, the stage in Hakodate was still too small.
The applause gradually faded, and everyone's attention was focused on the stage. Silence filled the surroundings, and all other noises disappeared.
Yuka Isomoto took deep breaths repeatedly, a burning tension threatening to pierce her throat. The next twelve minutes would be the test of the results of her efforts over the past few months.
Can it work?
Yuka Isomoto dared not look at who was sitting in the audience; her eyes were only on Hakuba Kitahara standing on the conductor's podium and the sheet music on the music stand.
Take a breath here! Make sure you stay steady!
We must go all the way to win the gold!
Be careful of the other voices! Don't drown them out! You're not the main character!!!
Even now, she can play the music without looking at the score, all thanks to her daily practice.
You must blow it well!
This was the only thought in Yuka Isomoto's mind.
Stop daydreaming! Look at Kitahara-sensei!
Yuka Isomoto looked at the notes written on the sheet music, her mind went blank for a moment, and she quickly looked up.
At that moment, Kitahara Hakuba waved his baton down.
Clang!
The clapping produced a crisp sound, and the melodies of the brass and woodwind instruments overlapped, filling the hall with the melodious timbre of a 2/2 marching band.
The sound of the brass instruments gradually faded, and the melody of the woodwind instruments took center stage, with the saxophone and trumpet playing a resonant undertone.
The hidden brass sounds, like the soft whispers of cotton, shimmer brightly among the woodwind instruments.
The tranquility was once again replaced by the exhilaration of the brass instruments, with percussion striking out a light melody, followed by a collective burst of plosive sounds from the brass instruments.
Almost all the members watched Kitahara Hakuba's command, and as he rapidly descended, silence returned.
Yoshie Suzuki's piccolo, like a lark leaping from a valley, danced nimbly in the air, accompanied by the conductor's baton.
The ethereal and clear style, along with the trembling tongue technique, amazed everyone present.
As Kitahara Hakuba raised his right hand, the rest of the theme song fell.
Because the percussion used in the freestyle is quite complex, you can see the percussionists hurriedly changing positions in the back, for fear of wasting time.
At that moment, the camera captured Kitahara Hakuba's profile, and the beads of sweat on his forehead glistened under the stage lights.
Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but compared to before, they felt much calmer.
As the wind chimes rang, the members of the Shinshu High School brass band tensed up.
I dedicate everything to the eight minutes of the Free Song!
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The black speaker vibrated slightly, and the brass instruments were filmed from above by the camera.
Then, the camera slowly moved behind Kitahara Hakuba, bringing the entire Shin-Asahi Brass Band into view, making everyone's figure clearly visible.
The camera lens was not in one place, and the scene on the screen changed again to Tachibana Kuno playing a trumpet cadenza.
Her raised face was both pretty and stern, and the trumpet shone brightly under the light.
"Wow, I'm actually this cute when I play the trumpet! I even felt a little flutter in my heart."
Kuno Tachibana leaned against the wall, looking surprised, and Nagasawa Mia laughed and retorted:
"To be honest, it feels a bit out of place that you're being so serious; it doesn't seem like your personality at all."
Just then, the camera shifted again, this time to the clarinet section.
Pulling them one by one from Yukawa Sakurako to the left, each girl had a tense face, her pupils occasionally fixed on the sheet music and Kitahara Hakuba on the conductor's podium.
Upon seeing themselves on the screen, Nagasawa Miyabi and Goto Yu both pursed their lips somewhat embarrassedly, their expressions full of girlishness.
If I'm on TV, doesn't that mean a lot of people are watching me?
This idea wasn't unique to them; every girl who appeared in a close-up shot was incredibly excited.
The members of the Shin-hsu Wind Instrument Club, having finished their performance, were now in the corridor outside the Civic Center.
According to the competition rules, participants are prohibited from entering or leaving the venue when performing at other schools.
Therefore, they could only be arranged to stay here by the staff and wait for the Hakodate Municipal Otani High School next door to finish their performance.
But it wasn't idle; at least the music from earlier was still playing on repeat in the corridor.
"This photo shows all my pimples!"
"Is a teenage girl still in puberty if she doesn't have acne?"
"Hehe, luckily I made sure to conceal my blemishes when I came this morning."
"They actually used these crooked methods! All-natural is the best!"
"Haha, Fish Wheat, you guys in the batting unit are hilarious, you're all so flustered."
"There's nothing we can do about it; Kitahara-sensei arranged the percussion part of the freestyle piece very quickly."