elementary school band concert

due to limited internet access, I will only be able to post updates every once in a while. Fortunately for you, this was one of those times.

Elementary School Band concert: afterthoughts

As you may have already realized, last night I went to a concert public performance of an elementary school band. two of the performers in the band were my young brother-in-laws. Here are some of the hilights of the evening:

• the 4th graders playing jingle-bells
• the 4th graders playing an encore of jingle bells immediately after having played it the first time. (I was careful how much I clapped after that)
• the entire audience clapping to the beat (under the influence of the conductor) and the drummers almost managing to keep time.
• the school principal dressing up like an old goose and making quacking noises.
• some teacher dessing up like Santa and skateboarding across the stage behind the chorus.
• waking up to the drumline part, not knowing how much I slept through
• realizing it must have been a lot
• the afterparty

I had forgotten that kids play in bands, and that those bands perform in public. I can hardly wait for our little one to start rocking out.