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1. Family Reunions always consist of family concerts around the piano.
2. You've been to more orchestra, band, and choir concerts than rock concerts.
3. Every sentence is finished with a line from a song or musical.
4. You could name every instrument in the full orchestra before the age of 10.
5. Thanks to the mandatory piano lessons, you were the best in your class on the recorder in elementary school because you already knew how to read music.
6. No matter where you go for family vacations you check to see if there are any musicals in town.
7. As a kid you thought it was strange that your friends’ families didn’t all know their vocal part.
8. When your family went to the movies they always stayed until the very end for the music credits.
9. Your family is always asked to perform together at events- and you can literally throw a concert together in minutes.
10. You know what this is and how to use it.
11. Every family vacation schedule started with blocking out rehearsal time and performance dates.
12. You went to bed every night listening to something like this:
13. Your family groaned in unison when you saw an instrument in a movie or tv show where the player obviously wasn’t playing the instrument correctly.
14. You watched this movie more times than you can count.
15. Your Christmas tree was always at least 50% music themed ornaments.
16. All of your black clothes were originally purchased as concert attire.
17. Somehow your house always had twice as many music stands as people living there.
18. You got the “good” part in music concerts as a kid because you could read music and sing in tune.
19. You’re convinced the only reason you are even moderately decent at math is because of your private music lessons.
20. You can actually dance when you go out with friends/at school dances because of your ingrained sense of rhythm.
21. As soon as you are alone as a family after any performance the critique session begins.
22. Understanding this came at about the same time as learning to read.
23. It is not unusual to find rosin, reed water bottles, or valve oil in any drawer in the house or cup holder in the car.
24. When talking with friends in sports, you would accidentally refer to try-outs and practice as auditions and rehearsal.
25. Half time?? Oh you must be talking about intermission. I only came to see the band.
26. You know the terms "front of house", "stage left", and "up stage", and can use them without thinking.
27. John McCutcheon. Tom Chapin. Enough said.
28. Other kids had precious moments figures, you had these.
29. Family birthdays aren't over until there's a rendition of Happy Birthday complete with harmony and descant.
30. You’re basically the Von Trapp family, just without the Nazis.
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