Entries in band (42)
Day 61 in 2024
At our last Band Festival performance. I cried a little in the sightreading room. Ok, a lot. Sometimes I can't stop the feeling of anger and frustration that comes from having been robbed of two years of these normally fabulous high school activities (thanks to the pandemic), but it just makes each experience we do get that much more precious.
Day 41 in 2024
Our final district Solo and Ensemble.
This year he earned two blue ribbons with an accompanied solo (with his favortie accompanist, of course), and a nine person chamber ensemble. This ensemble was amazing! They did two pieces, arranged by two students in the group, and they were so fantastic Jon and I both had tears in our eyes.
That makes six years of S&E, at three events each year (bassoon solo, piano solo, ensemble) until he gave up piano last year, and one pandemic year with no event, but that's a still a LOT of blue ribbons!