Carter had another successful year of band. He is in band as a class which means every day is either band or PE. Many of his friends from elementary school chose to sign up for band as well which is good. He plays the saxophone and unlike Callie who brought her flute home with her all the time, he leaves his instrument at school and just does his practice during class. He is also in the Jazz band club which gets together twice a week after school which gives him additional playing time. Being on the saxophone for Jazz band is a bit more useful than the flute. Callie was in Jazz band for a year as well in grade 8 but you could tell the flutes didn't play a prominent part.
There were several concerts this year, some focused on the regular band classes and some focused on Jazz band. I typically try to only attend until Carter has finished playing. Many of the songs they play are not very popular and we are usually on hard bleachers. It does get harder as he gets older though because they play in order of grade. This means that by grade 12 I'll have to stick around until the end. At least the play gets better with each year. There was one fun event that had some Star Wars songs including the conductor in Jedi garb with a light sabre. Maybe next year I'll have R2 done enough that he can attend as well. Carter has gotten a lot better and had several solos during the year. Imagine if he practiced at home!
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