Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Concert #2

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been really sick and in the hospital. I have had very little energy to do the daily things in life. I am praying that all the new things the docs are doing will help me. So here is our 2nd Christmas concert. Only I went with him because we had sick kids at home. They have to hold it at the local college because they are just too big to do it in the school. I was quite impressed and proud of my beginner band student. They were more disciplined than my high school band was. They take it seriously and prided themselves in doing a good job. I played the clarinet in school and so a little of my pride came out seeing my son up their playing "my" instrument. I wish you all could have heard them. They really sounded good. The only thing that closely made them sound like a beginner band was an occasional squeek but even those numbers were very low especially considering how many beginner band members there are. There are 54 clarinets alone!!!!!!!!! That was my whole band gowing up basically. Crazy. The picture below was just a small part of the band. The beginners sat in the middle. The Jazz band was on the stage. The concert band was to the right. And the symponic band was to the left(not really seen in the picture) The symponic band was my favorite. Aaron told me that is the one he wanted to try out for. Secretly that is what I was hopeing for. They seem like they get the most diverse music to play. Can you tell I am proud?

7 comments:

FamiLee said...

Sorry that you have been in the hospital...hope you feel better soon. That concert looks like it was quite entertaining!

9 of Us said...

I hope you are feeing better, Dana. What a bummer to be sick over Christmas!

Serendipity said...

Such an exciting time of year...and music makes it even better...


Hope you feeling better...let me know if I can help in any way...

Unknown said...

Dana,
Are you okay? The Hospital...
I hope you and your family had a beatiful Christmas and a have a wonderful New Year!
Love,
The Kents

Anonymous said...

Hey Dana! I hope you, Tom and the kids had a wonderful Christmas. Also, hope that you are feeling better. Thinking of you guys!

Tracy said...

What's got you in the hospital (if that's not too personal to ask)? Sounds serious...hope you're getting better!

Bond Bedlam said...

I am so proud of you Aaron!!! - And the picture is cute too! I love you Aaron