Band Concert

Last night daughter #1 had her first band concert here in Utah. She plays the clarinet. We were interested to hear her band play, not just because she was playing, but because she has been telling us how awful her band sounds. She hasn't enjoyed playing with students who started playing just last year--in seventh grade--since she started playing in fifth grade in Arizona. She refuses to practice since she says there is no need for her to practice the level of music they are playing. She's probably right about that. Instead, she has filled in her required practice records by learning to play her younger sister's flute. We figured that was a fair compromise. (Our poor daughter #2--in fifth grade--has no band here to play in. We need to find her a teacher so she can take lessons until seventh grade.) Anyway, we thought the band sounded pretty good. We went with low expectations and were pleasantly surprised. But not too surprised, considering the information source--an emotional teenager. We forgot to take our camera, though, so I can't post a photo. Too bad--despite our daughter's opinion, we are proud of her and think she is doing a great job and would have liked to have a photo and video record of her performance last evening.