'Tis the season for torture. The junior high winter band concert. The first concert for the beginning band whose members are so excited and proud of playing an instrument that they have no idea just how awful they are. It's a lovely annual event and I'm happy it's the last juniot high winter band concert I will have to sit through for a long time (and maybe forever!). Nolan wasn't happy this year to learn that he had to play with the beginner band. The beginners were performing the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme and they didn't have a trumpeter who could hit the highest notes. Nolan was recruited to play with them. While listening to the song, I realized that there was a trumpet that didn't sound like the others... this trumpeter had good tone and articulations. Of course this trumpeter was Nolan. He's come so far as a player since his beginning band days.
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| Jazz Band |
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| Center Snare |
So essentially, Nolan was the "king bee" of his bands. He's first chair in the Symphonic and Jazz Bands, Center Snare in the drumline, and the "Hai" caller in the Taiko drumming group. Next week he's in the "pit" at THS for their winter musical, "White Christmas". It's fun hearing him make progress.
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