Chapter 11:That band trip thou

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Today is the day of our band trip. We all have an early lunch. I eat with lunch with Maria, Mackenzie and Mme. Deganer. Mme. Deganer is chaperoning the trip. While we are eating, Mlle. Flexed comes downstairs to see Mme. Deganer.
"Be carful," Mlle. Flexed whispered to Mme. Deganer.
"I will," Mme. Deganer promised.
After lunch we gather up our instruments and our bags. We chat. We get on the bus. I sit near Maria and talk to her on the drive to the local music festival. We got off the bus and ran (or quickly rolled) into the school where the festival was being held, for it was raining. We went into the band room and set up our instruments. Then we went backstage and onstage. We played our songs well. Then we got a hour long workshop. That was bearable. Then we watched the concert band perform and get their workshop. It was okay. Then we got a snack. After that, we watched the Jazz combo perform. Lucky for us they didn't have a workshop. Then we watched a flutist from our band perform a solo. She did very well. Then we got on the bus to another town. We chatted the whole way there. My foster grandparents and cousins live there so Maria kept asking me how long until we got there.
When we got there we went into Pizza Delight. I could barley fit my chair into the restaurant, it was so packed. We enjoyed a good supper, then headed to our hotel. Maria, Mackenzie and I are sharing a room. We headed to our room, dropped our stuff, changed our clothes and went down to the bus. We got on the bus and drove to the music festival .
We went into the auditorium and watched 3 jazz bands, one of which is from our school. During the the jazz band's adjudication , Mr, Fish left the room. His phone had rung. I was a little confused.
We got on the bus.
"I'm going back home to attend to a family emergency . It was a tough decision, but I know you will be fine. Mme. Deganer will direct you. Behave," said Mr. Fish.
We went bowling and Mr. Fish went home. I'm a little nervous. After a game of bowling, we went back to the hotel. At about 10:50 pm, there is a knock on our hotel room door. I look through the peek hole and see...

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