6th Grade Band

This morning I received an email from Natalie's band teacher.  It wasn't a personal email but it did have a great announcement regarding the band and their concert or competition yesterday.  Here it is:

The Advanced 6th Grade Band represented our school and the band program very well yesterday at the festival. I was so proud of them. I woke up around 3:00 this morning and started thinking about them and could not go back to sleep.

The behaved very well, the were very prepared, and they performed at a high level that was not expected of a beginning band. The judges were very impressed with the quality of sound and ability. Hooray!

They awarded the band with a "Superior" rating which is the highest rating that they could give. Please tell them congratulations. They have worked hard this year and the adjudicators were thrilled with their performance.

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Cedar Middle School
Congratulations Natalie and the rest of the Cedar Middle School Advanced 6th Grade Band! 

I think it is wonderful that Natty is in the band and that she loves music.  She is really doing well with her flute and I hope she sticks with it.  I think back on my childhood and that is one thing I wish I would have done - stuck with music. 

I had a year of piano and walked away from it.  I don't know that I was ever that good but how I wished I would have stayed with it when I entered the mission field.  I especially wished I would have stuck with it when I served in King Williams Town and Queenstown.  I did begin working on trying to learn how to play when I was in King Williams town and that desire grew and grew.  When I got home the folks got me some of the simplified hymn books.  I started to practice with that and some other simple things songs.  Eventually using both hands just clicked and I started to work on it more and more.  It was wonderful.  I do quite enjoy sitting down at the piano today and playing some of my favorite hymns.  I am not very good and struggle with the timing but I am so grateful for that piano and the joy it brings into our lives. 

Well Natty, congratulations once again.  Sure do love you.