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  1. Cure for Dry Mouth During Performance

    I was reminded of a tip I heard several years ago to help cope with dry mouth during a performance. Some people don't like to have a water bottle on stage for reasons of appearance, and sometimes there just is no good way to do that anyway. But the Childs Brothers figured out a method of coping, and David Childs has learned the same technique.


    They fasten a small piece of sponge to the rear of the euphonium, just where the bell meets the next piece of large tubing (roughly on ...