Kevin and Jessica are always busy. They loved being part of winter percussion so much last year, that they signed up again for this year's season. They practice Tuesday, Wednesday, & Fridays from 5-9pm, and most every Saturday 9am-4pm. They enjoy it. Kevin again is playing the biggest bass drum, and Jessica plays in the pit- xylophone, chimes, and synthesizer. It is good to have them busy, and they are still pulling great grades in their classes. The only down side is that they miss YW and Scouts on Tuesday nights.
Our school hosted the NWAPA Premier Show this year on February 7th. This was an all day event and is the major fund raising event for our band program. Brian worked in the parking lot, and I manned the door for 3 hours during the winterguard portion. I got to close the door as a performance would start, and open it afterwards, checking for hand stamps and wristbands as people came in. This was a pretty good post to work, because I got to watch all the performances. Since this was the first show of the season, many of the groups hadn't finished learning their whole show yet, or didn't have costumes/uniforms yet. The main purpose of the show was so the judges could make sure each group was in the right division for the season. We are in the Percussion Scholastic Open division. We placed 2nd. I am looking forward to seeing how they perfect their performance through the season. They have competitions on the 28th, March 7th, and 14th. Then they will be in Dayton Ohio April 15-18 to compete in the World Competition that is held there.
Here is their finals performance.
Hey! Great performance! My son used to play the biggest bass drum in band, too! And I liked your work there on the synthesizer, Jessica! -- G
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