Evan loves band just about more than anything else in the world right now. He does Marching Band, Pep Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Nebo Youth Philharmonic. In each of these he has played Tuba, Trumpet, Sousaphone, and Sax.
Tonight was the "show the parents what we have done in camp all week" night.
They have worked 12 hours a day since Tuesday to learn 77 pages of music and also the choreography to step, slide, shimmy, and scoot along with their instruments into various formations on the field while not bumping into each other.
Last year they marched to the music of the "Beatles". This year it was "Styx". There were several things that I thought were amazing about tonight. First was the dedication of these kids. Second the dedication of their teacher, Mike Larsen. Third is that the music of my youth is now their music and what they actually choose to listen to. It's very cool to me that a twenty-something teacher and a bunch of teenagers think our old music is fun enough to listen to that they actually want to use it for Marching Band. Going to Parent's Night is a whole bunch more fun listening to "Mr. Roboto" and "Come Sail Away".
The Fourth amazing thing is that we didn't get rained on.
Then we ate Hot Dogs barbequed by the teacher 'cause he hasn't worked hard enough this week with dozens of kids to manage for all those hours this week on top of being a brand new dad with a newborn at home. Mr. Larsen I applaud you! You are awesome.
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