Cole in the Northeast Middle School Music Festival

You've seen Wayne participate in this huge concert for the past couple of years. Now it's Cole's turn to join Northern Vermont's top 7th and  8th grade music students.  

 Students are bussed from all over Northeastern Vermont to North Country High School for an all day rehearsal, a pizza dinner, and an evening concert performance.

Cole really enjoyed his day. He talked about how he met so many nice kids and how he ate lunch with some really smart kids. One was able to list all the states alphabetically, and another was able to recite 125 digits of pi. He said, jokingly, "I was the dummest one at the table."

Cole during rehearsal.

Cole, on the bus, with Audrey, "friend who's a girl" (he is not allowed to have a "girlfriend" yet.) She is from Barton School.

See if you can pick him out in the photo below. You may not recognize him with a new haircut, but I'll give you a hint: he is the most handsome young man in the entire chorus (and definitely not the dummest!)

You will only get a glimpse of him, now and then, in this video. He is directly behind the director's head.

When we went to see Wayne's concert last year, Cole was really impressed with the chorus, so he requested to be part of the chorus this year rather than play his saxophone in the band.

The concert was a great way to start off the weekend. As usual, these kids did a beautiful job and the concert was inspiring. I was so proud of Cole for speaking so maturely about the friends he made, for working hard and having fun, and for looking so handsome!