Musical Performances

Do you all remember the post I did way back in September of Patrick playing trombone for the first time? Well, I can say it now -- he was pretty BAD. I can say it now because this morning, he played the theme from Star Wars with the full Siwanoy School band at the spring concert, and he sounded GREAT! He's here in this first video. You can't see him very well because they put him in the back (!!!!), but if you look over the right shoulder of the girl playing the flute in the first row, you can see the slidey thing of his trombone and get an occasional glimpse of his head. Patrick is the ONLY trombone player in the school. So, do you hear that one trombone? That's him!



Here's a picture of Patrick accepting the congratulatory bakery cookie Paul handed him as he exited the gym. Isn't he cute?

Kate performed this morning, too. She played the glockenspeil and sang "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay. I'm not kidding! Look:

You may have noticed Paul making himself completely comfortable on the floor right in front of the performers toward the end of that video. Everyone in town knows Paul because wherever he goes, he makes himself comfortable. And he goes everywhere -- his life consists of being dragged to concerts, plays, baseball games, softball games, soccer games, various presentations and class trips. I think this experience will make him a very adaptable adult. This is what Paul thinks of my theory:

Emmett isn't old enough to participate in the spring concert just yet, but he has a musical performance with his grade next week, and a piano recital on Sunday. I don't have any musical pictures of him right now, but here's one of him losing teeth:

Hope everyone is enjoying June. Summer's almost here!