Monday the 9th was Cade's Honor Band Holiday concert. He has just loved being at Driscoll with Mr. G and Ms. Aicher. They are some seriously dedicated directors, and I should know because I've worked alongside them as their substitute when one of them has to miss. Here's one of my favorites from the concert.
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| I was helping a friend of mine get a picture of her daughter, but managed to get Cade and his friend Carson in the background too! |
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| I love how this picture turned out! These are all kids that are in the same ward and are good friends :) |
Tuesday I worked as an accompanist during the day for Tex Hill Middle School, and then drove over to Wood Middle School to play piano for their holiday concert.
Wednesday I had a unique moment with Cade. He needed to attend a public city meeting for a merit badge requirement, and on Wednesdays at 6:00pm the city of San Antonio holds a public comment session. We drove all the way downtown (and saw some beautiful christmas lights), and walked into the city building. It was actually quite beautiful. When we arrived a lot of people were present, but it was because they were honoring various companies that work for the city. The mayor was there to shake hands and take pictures! Afterwards they opened up the floor for public comment. A gentleman walked forward with a newspaper and told us that some volcano eruption overseas was a sign of the times. Like it says in Revelations 18:16.... lol! He quoted the scripture, gave us some warnings and then stepped away. There were no other commentors after that! Hahaha... We used that to remind Cade what a privilege it is to live in a country with freedom of speech.
And if you love cinnamon and coke, go find this right now!
Friday was the beginning of the much anticipated Region Band Clinic! In November Cade auditioned for and and made it into the Region Band. This is a big deal! San Antonio is a pretty competitive area and we're super proud of Cade for being recognized for all his hard work. Friday night was about 3 hours of sectionals and rehearsal, and then all day Saturday they rehearsed some more! I'll post some pics and videos in a second, but...
While Cade was at region band, Alex and I participated in his piano studio's annual holiday concert at the Senior Home! I love this tradition. They get to learn and play Christmas songs (because who doesn't love that?!), but they're also doing something for their community.
Now it was time to head to Johnson High School and see Cade perform! There were three different bands; a south zone band, north zone band, and last was the top kids from both zones. Cade made it into the top band!! All of the groups truly sounded nothing like middle schoolers, but I was very impressed with the selections their clinician picked for them. I'm going to post all four of their songs, but don't feel like you have to watch the whole thing :) You can't see Cade, but he's on the right side further in with the trombones.
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| Can you tell he was a bit exhausted? |
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| Pazookies after the concert :) |
Believe it or not, there were a few more musical things left in our week. Sunday morning we all got up early for our church performance. Our ward choir director really put the youth to work by using all of our string players and the rest of the kids for handbells. It turned out really nice!
Lastly was my performance with the San Antonio Wind Symphony! No video, but it was a fun concert! They had a lot of small ensembles perform some holiday classics and then we joined together for favorites like Sleigh Ride and A Christmas Festival. As many times as I've played those pieces, I never tire of them. I love Christmas music-- which is a good thing seeing how much Christmas music we've been a part of the last two weeks!
And there's more to come.... next week!
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