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I had the privilege of chaperoning Ryan's Concert band group as they attended the Utah Music Educators Association State Band Festival at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall.  It was a really cool experience to be able to go with the band all the way from the school (they arrived two hours before school started) as they were greeted by their administrators and counselors who were all so proud of their accomplishment, all the way up to the concert hall in downtown Salt Lake City.  The kids earned the spot by being among the top 15 bands in the state.  Their director, Brian Cox is an incredible Middle School Band instructor and he's taken the school from a 10 piece brass section to this robust program in a short three years. When we arrived at the concert hall it was hard to keep the kids (all 75+ of them) quiet as they could hardly contain their excitement.  We shuffled in to the concert hall and watched three other bands perform ahead of us.  Then they we...

Ryan's Christmas Band Concert He's playing French Horn for the second year in a row.  He really enjoys it and usually practices without much grumbling.  The band sounds so good when they play all together.   If you only choose one, watch that last video ;)

The Rest of our happenings in September, 2017 Ryan and Evan volunteer to set up flags for the 9/11 Healing Fields in Sandy.  Healing Fields in Sandy Ryan on a dress up day.  Harvest!  New Truck!  Beautiful Autumn weather Evan build a new lego set.  FNAF stage  Autumn Blooms 

Ryan had his first band concert this December.  He started playing the French Horn in August.  It's a really tough instrument but he's doing a good job and enjoys it a lot.  His band teacher is pretty amazing.  I have been so impressed with the program that he runs over at the middle school.   There were a few mis-haps the evening of the Band Concert but in the end we got to see our boy perform and he did a great job.  As a group they sound pretty darn good!