How hard can it be...

... to find a nice orchestra/big band to play clarinet with. But the big bands doesn't seem to even have clarinets in them in any form (hello, carlinets are quite  vital bit of swing and jazz!) and the symphonic orchestras demands that you have an both the regular B clarinet as well as an A clarinet. Not fun. Maybe I'll have to buy a saxophone. Poor neighbours. Poor house mates.