obviously there's no way for us to be clean.
and we do have alternates. evidently you weren't well informed.
we call them "shadows".
there are AT LEAST 5 shadows from each of the big sections and around 2 from the smaller sections (like mine, the bass clarinets)
but yes, we know we're not the best and i'm sure martin had a wonderful show! i'm sorry i couldn't see it. i missed l.d.bell, too. *sigh* maybe next time.
oh, and the person in a sling...i love that kid! his little brother fell on his arm though and broke it i think. he marched cause his shadow has....problems. to put it nicely. *shrug* does it really matter that much?