American as Apple Pie

We enjoyed a great Westview High School Symphonic Band Concert last night. It is their yearly American As Apple Pie Concert. For $5 you enjoy all American music, and are served a piece of apple or pumpkin pie. This concert is one of the main fundraisers of the year for the band. You can also pre-order Marie Calendar pies to take home for Thanksgiving.Both Kevin and Jessica made it into the symphonic band this year so we enjoyed hearing them perform; Kevin on French Horn, and Jessica on Saxophone. Brian filmed it so I will try to get some snippets posted later. It was a great concert.


Here is what they played:

Washington Post March by John Philip Sousa

A Copland Portrait by Aaron Copland arr. Clare Grundaman

Elegy For A Young American by Ronald Lo Presti

The Blue and The Grey by Clare Grundman

Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa

Each Time They Tell Their Story by Samuel R. Hazo

At Dawn They Slept by Jay Bocook

Songs of Old Kentucky by Brant Karrick

and of course. . .
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

There was a short intermission and the Jazz Band played 6 songs- they also sounded great, but none of my kids are in that band this year.

I bought 5 tickets, but Jennifer had to work, and Melissa and Rachel had a Young Women activity, so I gave the extra tickets to Katy, Jacky, and Joel Adams. This was their first band concert! For YM, Kevin said they had the choice of coming to the concert or playing basketball. Blair, Zach, and Brother Young came to the concert and enjoyed eating pie!