something else to get the non-chosen all riled up... :)

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Re: something else to get the non-chosen all riled up... :)

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Just the thing I need to check free climbing in yosemite off the bucket list.
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Re: something else to get the non-chosen all riled up... :)

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what about the chosen? Are there (m)any successful players out there that used beta blockers to help them *win* an audition? I wonder.
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kontrabass wrote:Are there (m)any successful players out there that used beta blockers to help them *win* an audition? I wonder.

Not just win an audition, but to keep their jobs...
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Who chooses the chosen?
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Heavy_Metal wrote:Who chooses the chosen?

Blind audition with three rounds. :P
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Heavy_Metal wrote:Who chooses the chosen?
In other contexts, the persons who claim to be "chosen" also seem to have been self-appointed.
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