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March of the Clarinets

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I am so proud of Sean! I was so worried about him when he started playing the clarinet. There was a long time there where it felt like he couldn't get it to make ANY sound but now he is a little composer!!! HERE he is playing his first composition called, "March of the Clarinets."  And by the way, whenever Fender hears this song he perks up and starts "singing"~ even with the recording! It's pretty hilarious!

Sean's first Band Concert

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My least favorite concert ever is the 6th grade band concert. The concert itself I actually love and is one of my favorites but I HATE that's it's in CHS's gym and it's even worse now that Covid is a thing and despite signs and masks available people opening disregard the rules. Despite all that nonsense seeing Sean was a blast! He's worked so hard on that clarinet and I'm so proud of him. I remember when he could hardly make a sound and now he's playing songs! Originally it was his plan to switch to sax but he ended up falling in love with the clarinet- so much so that he said to me, "Mom, the clarinet just has a better sound. I'll prove it to you, 'Alexa, play clarinet music." and then he'd play sax music and assume that the superior sound was just obvious. He's a pretty funny bird! Because we knew it would be jammed packed it was just Mom, Dad, Nana and Papa and I took a video HERE to share with the proud siblings. After the con...

Our New Musicians

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  One thing that has come with Covid is some cool technology. Timmy Ziggy was very excited to give us a concert and so was Sean. These new musicians rocked it!!