I picked Brandon up from school only long enough to exchange his tshirt, music and clarinet, before taking Peyton to piano. She did better than last week, but she’s still pretty quiet. The new teacher focuses more on musicality, and fine-tuning the playing, which I don’t think Peyton has patience for. She’s learning. But slowly. She gets a little loosey goosey after 30 minutes. We headed back to school, and practice was to last until 4 pm, but as the kids were done, they were leaving. But since I was at piano, I asked Brandon to sit quietly and do his homework, while the band mom was overseeing the process. I touched base with her, but Brandon had his head down. He was working quietly, and he didn’t notice me for awhile. He finally popped his head up, and then he came over. As we headed to the car, he told me he thanked G for the pixie gifts. He came out and said it! I’d been trying to come up with a way to thank her mom all day long, and he just went up to her. Good for him! We headed home and the kids did the rest of their homework, and I fed them before Dave came home. We went back to school to drop Brandon off at the library. He was worried his clarinet was cold, and that it wouldn’t play well. He wanted to wet his reeds but I told him he had plenty of time. We took our seats, and then after some time, the kids filed in and started tuning. Peyton got bored with me, and she wanted to sit with Dave who was standing in the aisle. Soon, Daniel, her buddy, showed up, and they watched respectfully next to Dave. The beginning band started, then a bunch of solos and ensembles followed, Brandon included. Dave was filming from his vantage point, which was way better than where I was sitting. Brandon was tucked in the corner, behind the conductor.
Tuning:
The songs each featured a section. Here’s Jolly Old St. Nicholas featuring the clarinets.
Here’s his solo:
from Dave’s vantage point:
After the intermediate band went, then the bands combined for a super band. After that, the kids were released. The whole concert was over in an hour. Most of them went to put their instruments away, while some went directly to get dessert. They were hoarding like it was going out of style! And no parents to be seen. I had Peyton get in line for Brandon, who came in running! This is why he does band! This is why he’s asked me to sign him up for the next round of drama. He had 48 hours to let me know, since sign ups are tomorrow morning. He had to check with his friend, Caleb, to see if he’d be doing it. I hadn’t even asked him again, but he told me, “I wanna do drama.” I asked him what percent effort he’d give me. He didn’t start off high. Like 20% effort. I told him I’m not signing up until I get at least 90%. It’s expensive! He ended up with 100.011% Good enough for me. It’s not 110%, but I’ll take it.
While I was waiting for band to start, I got a text from G’s mom that she was happy we liked our pixie gifts. CONFIRMED! We were also chatting about drama. And how Dave was sweeping yesterday, and she had to do 3 laps around the block waiting for him to go inside before dropping off the second part of our gift. But they still got us! And I learned that they dropped off the main gift after drama, when we had gone out to eat! I thought it was beforehand.
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Brandon kept asking us how he did. I kept telling him he did a great job. The multi was mostly full, his teacher was in the back of the room, and he did see her there, too! I didn’t! Dave saw her there. It made me smile seeing the relief on his face after he was done. I have to admit I was nervous too, hoping he wouldn’t squeak! He wants to play again “next year” but I told him it’s a year long. He wants to try a harder solo! He’s hooked. And eat more snacks
Peyton and Daniel did a great job watching. I asked Dave to take pictures of them , too.
here they are:
Right before we left, I asked Brandon to finish our last pixie gift this week. Minion bananas to match our little gift inside. They were yellower earlier in the week. Now they’re minions with sun spots. We left band and Pixied the family who had been at the concert watching!!! I drove and Dave did the ditching. Still makes me nervous!! He almost went to the wrong house and I had to tell him to go next door. 
Here was his inspiration
