Yippee! Cassie and Carlie both auditioned for High School District Band a week or so ago. Yesterday we learned that they both made it!
Cassie made third chair and may be the only freshman trombonist. She also made it to the second round All-State audition.
Carlie made fourth out of fifth French horn.
We are very proud of both of them!
Wow–it’s been a busy month this fall. lol Actually, it has been busy this month, and it’s only the 9th!
Between concerts and church events I’ve barely kept my laundry done. At least Alex is coming home this week–maybe I can get him to rake the yard! LOL
Seriously, I hope you take some to time to be with your family and/or friends this holiday season. The older I get the harder it is to believe just how fast time really flies by. I keep thinking and hoping that I’ll be useful someday when…maybe today was the day. Forgive us Lord, for missing the moments you place us in.
We are eager to have Alex home with us for a short while. I think he is eager to be home as well. I mentioned to someone recently about adjustments since he’s gone. For me it’s been the need for only five seats when we go out to eat. It’s just the signalling of a change I don’t think I’m ready for. Alas, Ashley is sure to remind me of just how many gray hairs I have.
So as I peruse the items on this week’s woot-off (www.woot.com) I wish you all a joyous season and a prosperous new year.
You can blog right from Word 2007? I didn’t know that.
Cassie and Carlie have now gotten their feet wet in marching band. They had their first game tonight and marched half of their show for halftime. The Beatles never sounded so good. And the football team won! Woohoo!
In case you’re interested, here’s a link to the band’s web site.
Yes, I know I never submitted a day 5 entry for our Fine Arts trip. Maybe one day I’ll get around to it.
Meanwhile, folks keep asking how Alex is doing. He’s off at Liberty University, and it sounds as if he’s having the time of his life! I am glad for that of course.
I think he said he’s taking five classes, plus he’s in two bands (the marching band and the jazz band.) I know, I know–he’s not a music major. But he does get scholarship money for both. Every little bit helps, right? And hey, the jazz band was his idea.
Here’s a picture of Alex in his dorm room. I think it was taken by a girl. Don’t know how that happened….
Also meanwhile, Sandy and Maw-maw are off in Japan to watch Anna play with Team USA. Last I heard they were up 3-2 in the tournament. (Check www.usabaseball.com for more info.) I hope Pop is doing OK.
Wow–what a day. It was so full and tiring I had to wait until Monday to write this! lol
Alex was able to record his solo in the Valley Forge Christian College mobile recording booth.
Of course we saw more student entries in different categories. No Jaymie Bailey sightings for me, though.
Later we caught up with Ryan Forkel and his daughter Allie at Mert’s for lunch. While we were there Planetshakers came in. We trust they enjoyed their fried chicken and Mert’s famous corn bread.
We saw Concord First’s youth choir after lunch. Under the direction of Lindsey Bentley, they did a wonderful job. I also enjoyed playing cars with Jacob Grissom during his time there.
I encouraged Alex to go sharpen his language skills be observing the Spanish Female Vocal Solo entries. Claudia Redd thought that was rather amusing.
So while Claudia and I discussed the youth choir performances and the state of FAF in general the kids went off to see the Original Instrumental Composition entries. Interesting stuff I learned later.
Carlie and I took the hotel shuttle to the local Target store. Driver Chris was most excellent in getting us there and back in a timely manner. Carlie was just thrilled to find a Starbucks with a line shorter than 100 people!
We lost track of time in Target and had to hurry back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. I had made reservations at Buca di Beppo for 4:30. The reality seemed to indicate I had never had that conversation. Meanwhile, David and Michelle Scruggs and their son Domoinic had arrived on time. We got there about 5. Skip and Claudia and their daughter Tambour arrived shortly after. We had a wonderful time of fellowshipping and remembering. Oh yes, and eating too.
Eager to get to the nightly service, I sent Alex and Cassie and Carlie off in the van, Alysia and Ashley got there eventually and the talking continued….
The service seemed to last a long time, as we finally got to the hotel but the kids weren’t there yet. We later heard Lindsey Grissom had a part in the service. (http://charlotte08.ag.org/live/ Click the link to the Thursday service, and skip over to about 61:30.)
It felt good to have Alysia and Ashley there with us.