[TPIN] Getting ready for auditions

[Tim Phillips]

This is an excellent list and all students and hobbists should read it.  
Good job Michael.

This got me thinking about the dry mouth issue.  I battle it constantly 
due to antihistimines for my allergies and Prilosec for acid reflux 
disorder.   I wanted to share something I recently learned that may be 
of help to some of the older people in the list.  I did a bit a reading 
on several sites and there seemed to be a recurring reference to not 
only avoiding sugar, but rinsing with a floride (more important to acid 
reflux folks because of enamel erosion from stomach acid), sugarless 
mouthwash (I am trying ACT Restoring Anticavity)- and/or getting some 
sugarless candy.  Haven't tried it during the day for playing yet, but 
rinsing before bed really seemed to help the nighttime dessert mouth I 
used to wake up with.

Another trick listed was to take frequent drinks of water.   Apparently 
how often you drink is at least as important as how much you drink.   
Nothing worse than getting at the audition/performance and all that 
water wanting to "exit, stage left" during the event!

Tim Phillips
iplatrpt at unifourbrass.org
http://www.unifourbrass.org

lamb95stew at wideopenwest.com wrote:

>This is mostly geared toward our younger brethren, but after sitting through a few
>dozen district auditions this past weekend, I've put an "audition primer" on the
>TrumpetFish site. This primer is a list of Do's & Don'ts ranging from music
>preparation to your general image when audtioning. Check it out!
>
>http://www.stewmuse.com/TF-Auditions.html
>
>Michael Stewart, DMA
>http://www.stewmuse.com/Home.html
>http://www.geocities.com/cbc95stew/StewHome.html
>The answer is... AIR!
>  
>