Band camp consumed the week before school started. The band practiced from 8:00am to 8:00pm with a 3 hour break in the afternoon. On the last day of band camp, the parents were invited to come watch the progress of the students. It was pretty impressive for only 1 week of practice.
Rick decided to climb to the top of the brick wall so that he could have a better view of the marching.
The band performed at each of the home football games. They played the national anthem at the beginning and then performed different parts of their competition program during the half times.
One thing that we didn't realize was how expensive band would be. To offset some of the costs, the band has had a few fundraisers. This one was at Shakey's Pizza. The band performed outside and then we all had pizza with a percentage of the sales going to the band program.
The band participated in 4 competitions this season in the "A" category (bands that have 60 or less members) and they took 1st place in every show!
Bryant is the trumpet in the middle (Rick is letting him play his Bach Stradivarius and Bryant feels pretty special to get to use such a great trumpet)
The awards presentations
Our whole family went to Mission Viejo for the last competion of the season. We stayed for the ENTIRE show (about 9 hours) so that we could see the big bands. Parker passed his time reading the Hunger Games series on my Nook.
Uncle Bobby was Bryant's biggest fan - even if our drum line was sub-par in his opinion. He came to 2 of the 4 competitions, he even sat through the 9 hours with a sore back. Thanks for being a great uncle!
Now for the start of parade season......... 
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