It's here, and it's over.
Summer Marching Camp begins today, and summer is officially over. Bah! Time for long days and hot marching stuff. I have a very mixed bag of emotions here.
On one hand I have the most talented HS Band I've had to date. A VERY good group of kids with some pretty good attitudes. Most of these kids have some serious talent! Several of them work very hard.
On the other hand I have learned from history...a lot of us don't want to work. I don't get it. So much talent has gone to waste in the past. It's a shame. God bestows gifts and talents upon us and FAR too many times we waste them. It's much more fun(?) to just hang out. I think that's why there are so many problems with our world. We would rather just hang around and do quite literally nothing. It takes zero effort to hang out. It takes time, work, and honest to goodness effort to be a success at something. Those that do work hard are made fun of for it. I don't get it. But I digress...
We all do it. I do. I look back at what could be and I kick myself in the rear ALL the time for it.
Anyway, I was talking about the Band. Again. If the planets line up and we work hard, or even work sort of hard, we can do something special. I am going to choose to look at the positive side!
School is rapidly approaching. Friday night football. Saturday contests. LONG, LONG days at school. Pretty cool.
I'm most looking forward to working with the kids this year. I have been waiting for this group to happen! I'm looking forward to hooking up a new crew of beginners and seeing them smile as they make some music. Pretty sweet indeed.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Summer Is Too Short!
It's July 4th and our time away from school is almost over. It seems that school gets out and we barely get to relax before the grind begins again.
I have been spending my time with my family. Brandon made the school Baseball team and he ended up with a 25-7 record. They went to the state tournament and lost in the semi-finals. It was interesting that his little-league coach saw fit to let him pitch 3 times from February to May. He pitched 7 times in the month of June for the Millers. I don't get it.
I coached my 10 year old son, Ryan, on his team. He was the catcher and he pitched some. He had an ok experience most of the time. He did have one spectacular outing as a pitcher. He threw a no-hit complete game shutout. We were so proud. Ryan acted like he did it every day!
Dillon had a great experience with his team too. Last season they were pretty awful as a team. They improved from a last place finish last spring to third place this year. He also hit his first Homerun! Very exciting for all of us.
The boys and I spend at least 4 nights a week fishing at our lake. It's pretty sweet to see my kids pull those fish out. Sometimes it's ridiculous to see the various sizes of fish. Once Dillon caught what can only be described as a minnow only to catch a 4 pound bass 5 minutes later.
As far as Band stuff goes...
I have spent a little time working on stand junk. Usually I have churned out 10-12 tunes by now. At this time I have finished 2. Yikes!
Our drill is being written by the same dude as last year. Be ready to run.
The Color Guard has been practicing about 3 days a week on average. Hopefully the drum line will get to camp safely!
Buckle up, camp starts in less than a month!
I have been spending my time with my family. Brandon made the school Baseball team and he ended up with a 25-7 record. They went to the state tournament and lost in the semi-finals. It was interesting that his little-league coach saw fit to let him pitch 3 times from February to May. He pitched 7 times in the month of June for the Millers. I don't get it.
I coached my 10 year old son, Ryan, on his team. He was the catcher and he pitched some. He had an ok experience most of the time. He did have one spectacular outing as a pitcher. He threw a no-hit complete game shutout. We were so proud. Ryan acted like he did it every day!
Dillon had a great experience with his team too. Last season they were pretty awful as a team. They improved from a last place finish last spring to third place this year. He also hit his first Homerun! Very exciting for all of us.
The boys and I spend at least 4 nights a week fishing at our lake. It's pretty sweet to see my kids pull those fish out. Sometimes it's ridiculous to see the various sizes of fish. Once Dillon caught what can only be described as a minnow only to catch a 4 pound bass 5 minutes later.
As far as Band stuff goes...
I have spent a little time working on stand junk. Usually I have churned out 10-12 tunes by now. At this time I have finished 2. Yikes!
Our drill is being written by the same dude as last year. Be ready to run.
The Color Guard has been practicing about 3 days a week on average. Hopefully the drum line will get to camp safely!
Buckle up, camp starts in less than a month!
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