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With Kitahara-sensei around, no matter how difficult or challenging the brass band is, it can surely soar to new heights, right?
They all have this confidence.
"Don't worry about me, continue your meeting."
Looking at the girls' faces, Kitahara Hakuba smiled slightly. The dark green blackboard was covered with text, all of which listed the club's positions.
After three years of retirement, many positions became vacant.
Kana Eto smiled and nodded, then turned around and raised her arm. Her pleated skirt lifted slightly with the movement, revealing her fair and tender thighs.
"Now let's continue with the new department meeting. Many positions will be filled this time, and I hope everyone will actively participate."
Perhaps due to a lack of skill, the chalk made a harsh "squeak" sound as it scribbled across the blackboard, like fingernails accidentally scraping against glass, making one instinctively hunch their shoulders and furrow their brow.
"Senior Eto, you should practice your chalk writing skills more, okay?" Kuno Tachibana said, raising her slender arm with a blank expression.
"I'm sorry."
Kana Eto also realized this; she had rarely seen this happen when she saw Sakurako Yuukawa writing with chalk before.
Kitahara Hakuba stood to the side, glancing at Kuno Tachika.
Her face was like a calm lake, without a ripple, and the corners of her lips neither turned up nor down, making it impossible to guess her emotions.
"So, starting as the new captain, I am Kana Eito, the new captain nominated by Captain Kawa. I will work hard in the coming year to continue the success of the Shin-Asahi Brass Band this year. And: does anyone have any other opinions about my becoming captain?"
Kana Eto took a deep breath, her fingers unconsciously fiddling with the chalk, and she didn't even notice the fine powder falling and sticking to her skirt.
Her nervousness spread to everyone, and upon seeing this, Kami Takahashi immediately raised her hands and applauded.
Soon, applause broke out in the classroom. Kana Eto looked around and saw that everyone was clapping. Her tense lips finally relaxed, and she then noticed that her skirt was covered in chalk dust.
I raised my hand and hurriedly patted it off, but I didn't notice that my hands were also covered in dust, so the more I patted, the dirtier they got.
His flustered appearance made some of the team members below burst out laughing.
"It seems that this Eto-senpai is an even more naive girl than Yukawa-senpai," Nagasawa Miya couldn't help but remark when she saw Eto's flustered appearance.
"As long as there are no problems and the deputy minister is quick-witted, it will be fine."
Kuno Tachibana said dismissively, his gaze subtly sweeping over the smiling Kitahara Hakuba before finally settling on the trophy cabinet.
"No matter what, I'll have to rely on myself from now on."
Nagasawa Miyako looked at her with a slightly confused expression.
"Well then, thank you all for your trust. Next is the appointment of the vice minister." As soon as Kana Eto finished speaking, Kami Takahashi stepped forward.
Unlike her, Takahashi Kami, much like Akamatsu Sayaka, raised her hand and said with a smile:
"Hello everyone, I'm Kami Takahashi, the vice-captain personally appointed by Akamatsu-senpai. Please take good care of me from now on."
"As expected, it's Takahashi."
"Damn it, he doesn't seem like a good guy either."
"I heard that, didn't I?"
Kana Eto gripped the rare white chalk in her hand. Seeing that no one had any objections, she wrote Kami Takahashi's name in the "Vice Minister" section.
"Next up is the position of concertmaster in the orchestra. Because this position is not easy to determine individually, the senior students did not make any arrangements in advance."
"Let's choose ourselves. Does anyone want to volunteer?"
This time, the choice for the orchestra's principal player wasn't as difficult as last time; many people had their eyes on Tachibana Kuno and Junka Kohiki.
A small number of people were mentioning Mizuno Kase.
It's another battle between arrogant trumpeters.
However, in terms of skill, Junka Kohime is still somewhat inferior to Tachibana Kuno. Judging from the arrangement of A-section, one plays the third part and the other plays the first part.
Kitahara Hakuba's gaze fell expectantly on Kuno Tachibana. He had always liked this girl; she could disregard the surrounding factors and single-mindedly strive for opportunities to show herself.
To interrupt the noisy discussions among the club members, Kana Eto clapped her hands lightly, a gesture reminiscent of Sakura Yukawa. Indeed, juniors always imitate their seniors.
Chapter 324, Section 323: His image was ruined right from the start.
"If no one volunteers, then we'll start the recommendation process, okay?"
Kana Eto's words echoed in the First Music Classroom, but her gaze cautiously darted to Tachibana Kuno's expression.
Within the brass band, everything is based on skill, a principle that became especially evident after Kitahara-sensei arrived.
In the eyes of this new minister, after the departure of the talented third-year students, the words of Tachibana Hisano, who had been in school for a year, became extremely important, and she had to pay attention to them.
The shoulder-length black-haired girl, who had remained silent, seemed to be enduring something, and soft moans escaped from between her lips.
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"What?" Nagasawa Miyako asked instinctively.
Kuno Tachibana finally spoke, as if boasting to someone, his eyes widening as he took a deep breath and said:
"Minister Eto, I would like to recommend myself for the position of orchestra principal. Of course, if you feel that I am not qualified, please feel free to say so. I will accept any criticism!"
Her voice was much louder than usual, leaving Kana Eto speechless and blinking in disbelief.
With a much more relieved expression, Kuno Tachibana let out a big breath, gently patted his thin chest, and slowly grasped the palm of Kirishima Mai beside him.
She looked at Kitahara Hakuma, and when she saw his smile, which seemed to be wearing a mask, she felt a pang of sorrow in her chest.
One adult is always so vicious. It doesn't matter if he doesn't put on such an approving smile. I, Wen, will not be happy about it.
Kirishima Mai could feel the heat in Tachibana's palms, and she could sense that Tachibana had forced her to say those words.
No one raised any objections to Kuno Tachibana's self-recommendation; her selection for editor A in three consecutive rounds had already proven her ability.
Kana Eto clapped her hands, looking at Hakuba Kitahara with a sigh of relief, and said:
"Teacher Kitahara, is this arrangement acceptable?"
The orchestra's concertmaster is someone who has even more contact with him than a minister or deputy minister. @-Seeking a book
If the minister is the key to uniting the spirit of all members, then the orchestra concertmaster is the musical representative who unites the wind ensemble.
Kitahara Hakuba smiled gently and nodded: "Of course, I believe Kuno-san will do a great job."
"Talk about it," said Kana Eto, swallowing hard. "Then next up is sheet music management and..."
Kami Takahashi, who was sitting next to him, deliberately whispered a reminder:
"Kana, and the voice section leader."
However, everyone heard it.
The section leader is the only position not based on ability; it is usually held by upperclassmen, and this time was no exception, so the process was much faster.
Kase Mizuno served as the clarinet section leader, Kami Takahashi as the saxophone section leader, and Junka Kohiki as the trumpet section leader.
Nearly two-thirds of the bass section were third-year students, and now that they've left, only four members remain.
Two basses, one double bass, and one tuba.
The group leader was a man named Goto Meirai, who was very quiet, wore glasses, and was very tall. He was one of only two male group leaders.
The other male group leader was Tenkai Sou.
He was appointed as the head of the percussion section. When he heard the news, he was so stunned that he didn't even react while standing on the stage; his neck was tilted forward.
Pointing to himself, he said:
"Huh? Really? I'm the team leader?"
With one hand on her hip, Takahashi Kami initially didn't realize how slender her waist was or how pert and round her buttocks were.
As expected, my attention was drawn to the third-year students before, and I didn't get to experience the beauty of the second-year girls.
“You’ll be a third-year student soon, right?” she said.
"Wow, that's fast! I'm already three years old!"
"It's not like you've won the lottery, what's there to be happy about?"
"Alright, that concludes the list of group leaders for each section."
Kana Eto clapped her hands incessantly. The first music classroom was unheated, and her nose looked slightly rosy.
"I hope everyone can continue the glory of the Shenxu Wind Band in the new year. Keep it up!"
Following the minister, the members applauded the new officers standing on the stage, and everyone had great confidence in the Shin-hsu Wind Ensemble next year.
Except for Kitahara Hakuba.
Putting aside his departure, the brass section is now severely depleted due to the retirement of the third-year students, with some sections having very obvious weaknesses.
The only bassoon in the department is gone, leaving only a two-person oboe section, which makes it difficult to select distinctive pieces.
The bass section serves as the "skeleton" of wind instruments, but its number of members suddenly drops from a large section to a small section of only four people.
The other voices all had problems to varying degrees, which worried Kitahara Hakuba.
He couldn't help but sigh, not expecting that everything had to be scrapped and rebuilt again, and he could only pin his hopes on a fresh start next year.
Chapter 324, Section 323: The image was ruined right from the start.
"Then we won't disturb everyone's rest time any longer, meeting adjourned!"
As Kana Eto finished speaking, the club members left the bass music classroom one after another, leaving only her, Kami Takahashi, and Tatsuka Kuno to formulate their future plans.
“Minister,” Kuno Tachibana said.
However, Kana Eto did not reply. Instead, she was diligently writing the names of the members in various positions on the "list" with a black pen. "Members?" Tachibana Kuno continued to call out.
There was no reply again.
"Senior Jiang Teng."
"Ah: Yes, what's wrong?" Kana Eto finally came to her senses and asked, blinking her eyes.
“There are too few euphoniums right now, only two people. I suggest we start recruiting in the next few days.”
"Yes, indeed."
"Also, now that we've started over, as the band's principal, I'll only focus on getting everyone moving forward. I don't really want to worry about interpersonal relationships. I'll leave that to Eto-senpai and Takahashi-senpai."