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Nothing is more magical for me than listening to my children make music!

This is my daughter's band concert this past June. I didn't get great pictures, so I had to make up for it with a "wow" layout. ;-) I'm not sure if I achieved that, but I think she'll like it.

Supplies:

papers - MJO Canada; MJO Childhood Memories
alphas - MRE Little One; AMC Fruit Smoothie (recoloured)
styles - CBA Glossy; CBA Chipboard
fonts - Dorovar; Dreamspeak
flute - I extracted this from a photo I took of my daughter's flute.

Journalling:

This year Victoria’s band concert was outdoors. The weather was iffy, but the rain held off until the concert was over. In addition to the weather, holding anything outdoors brings quite a few challenges. As you may have read in my report on our band’s recent outdoor performance, wind can present a huge challenge. The big W showed up in full force on this evening as well. The students held their music to the stands with clothes pins, but the teacher had some that was loose – and she had to retrieve it several times throughout the concert. Sound is another challenge when outdoors. Wind can affect where the sound travels, and how well, and it also makes noise in any microphones that are used.

The students handled the challenges well. My daughter said her band didn’t play well, but what she felt was more the difficulty in playing and the frustration of making music sound good outdoors. To those listening, they sounded very good. Many of these kids are beginning musicians and they did great. The older band gave a good quality performance. My daughter’s band, which is somewhere in the middle, also played some very nice music.
When all the other groups had finished we were asked to turn and face the other direction to enjoy the marching band’s routine. They formed up and on command they began. Their bass drummer had broken his wrist the day of their first practice, so he could not hold the instrument to march while playing, but he was positioned in the middle of the routine and stood to play for the others. The kids were great! They marched in step, did a very nice show, and their music was great. The sound carried well – I could even hear the flutes!

As one would imagine, these are my proudest moments. When I hear the musical accomplishments of my children, my heart swells. It is, well,music to my ears. Music is in my blood, and it is thrilling to see it in my children. In spite of the logistical difficulties in driving two of them to a band class next year, it will be worth it. I am already looking forward to their Christmas concert when I will be there to listen to two of my children in their respective bands.