mmm,
this orchestra I was gonna join seem quite relaxed, practice for 2-3 months before each concert, only 3 concerts a year so 6-9 months of playing, the rest off. i liked the idea of that cos I could play football a lot of tuesday's too as they didn't seem too strict on turning up to every session. It's a long way away though, 45 mins-hour's drive so the petrol would be costly, but they're prob about my current standard etc.
But....
another, much more respected orchestra has said they would like me to join, it's in Belfast, much closer to me but costs £100 a year to play in. They're a proper orchestra though, record CDs etc and all that which is cool, but cos of that they seem stricter and are probably of very good playing standard, which I could get to but it'd take some time to get back into, and cos of their strictness i'm not sure I could play footy with everyone ever on a tuesday.
not sure what to do...