Gabriel is now in 9th grade (gasp...high school!) - and he has joined the HS marching band.
I had a chance to attend their first performance. Gabriel did a great job! Especially since he was absent for all but 3 days of summer band camp due to being in New Mexico.
I didn't realize what a time commitment HS band was. They practice each Monday night, play at all the football games on Friday nights, and have some Saturday competitions coming up. All this leads up to a spring trip to perform at Disney World in Florida. He's pretty excited about that!
It makes for one busy teenager. His schedule goes something like this:
- Early morning Seminary, each day
- Cross country training after school, each day (due to missing for seminary)
- Monday night - band practice
- Wednesday night - YM at church
- Friday night - Football games, usually from 4-11 pm
- Saturday morning - Cross Country meets, usually from 6:30 am - noon
- Sunday - Church, Firesides, FHE, meetings, home teaching, etc.
- Every other day - try, try, try to keep up on homework, chores, and sleep
...and it's only his first year in high school...
2 comments:
Didn't realize Gabe played the trombone, that's pretty cool...and especially cool that he get's to play at Disney World, how fun!
Yep - he does pretty good too. Now if I can just get him to memorize his music on time...
Gabriel, Katrina, and Abagail are all playing instruments this year. Katrina is on trumpet and Abagail has started the flute. They all amaze me since I have ZERO musical ability. (Must come from Allen)
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