Most of the time our Euphonium players have ended up being trombone players who couldn't afford an instrument. Means we have a higher drop rate in that section a lot of years, but we've rarely had that many problems recruiting them. I've actually had more of a problem with the trombone side of things...
One thing that may help is you said deciding the tell them that day. We always finish with everyone, do our percussion tryout, then send home our letters to each kid. That helps with balancing things out a bit more.
Good luck!
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