In case you are NOT already in the holiday spirit, here is an abundance of Christmas music videos to take care of that problem!
Cole and Wayne recently had their middle school and high school winter concerts.
Cole is in the chorus, jazz band, and concert band. He somehow manages to sing, seemingly without moving his mouth!
I got my videos out of order here. I meant to have a chorus video here, but looks like that's further down the line. (I'm not going to try to move it, because that usually causes everything to go haywire.)
Cole in the jazz band. You can't really see him because Miss Newton is right in front of him.
Here he is in the concert band. Again, not a great view.
In high school, Wayne is given a nice outfit to wear. The boys wear dress shirt, vest, bow tie, and dress pants. The girls all wear the same long black dress.
Wayne has a jazzy trumpet solo here. Freshman are not usually invited to join the jazz band, and as you may notice, Wayne is the only trumpeter. (And I believe he is one of 2 trumpets in the concert band, which is open to all high school band members.
Dr. Doncaster was happy to see Wayne come along after losing some trumpet players last year to graduation. The saxophone soloist here is also a freshman. Dr. Doncaster gave credit to Amy Newton and Anna Kennedy for doing such a good job with the middle schoolers that these freshman were already prepared for the upper level jazz band. Quite an accomplishment considering middle school instrumental students have one 20 minute lesson each week. (The jazz band rehearses for 90 minutes on Wednesday evenings.)
Wayne was acknowledged in the Chronicle.
Another piece by the jazz ensemble. The solo singer is the daughter of one of the preschool teachers where I work.
The bassoonist next to Wayne is his honors English teacher, Steve Tatum.
Wayne with the concert band.
Pete Corocos, who is always at the middle school concerts, also photographed the high school performance. After the show, he talked trumpet with Wayne and wants to help him play Taps.
I am curious to find out what songs Heather will be sing at her concert on the 20th, as they are no longer allowed to celebrate holidays.
So much to discuss, so little time. Where to begin? We are leading parallel lives, Darlene. Firstly, kudos to the boys for the playing, the singing, to Cole for tapping his foot so well which was all I could see of him but darn he tapped his foot with style, please pass that along. NEXT, let's discuss the bearded guy (helllooooooooooo) who appears to have a trombone on its stand next to him yet is playing a bassoon? And is Wayne's teacher? Inquiring minds want to know.
ReplyDeletep.s. are those boys literally beating back the admirers on an hourly basis? oh my word Wayne in that vest getup with the little flip in his hair, looks so much like Dad's grad photo!
ReplyDeleteYes, they are. I took them both to a dentist appointment a few weeks ago. When the hygienist called them in from the waiting room, a woman said to me, "Your boys are so tall and handsome. How old are they?" She couldn't believe that they were 15 and 12. Especially 12. I keep telling them that they are each striking on their own - tall, handsome, smart, but when people see them together, they really command some attention. Instead of fighting all the time they should join forces.
ReplyDeleteThat was very enjoyable, Darlene. Thank you! I watched it over two sessions. First loved watching Cole both playing sax and singing. Then, Wayne with his trumpet in both the jazz band and concert band. Surprised that Heather's school won't let them celebrate holidays. That must be hard for the little kids, especially.
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