Through The Years Of Band

March 6th was a very memorable time for me. The seventh and eighth grade band had put our spring concert on. Each Year putting on two new a beautifully done concerts bring joy to me and to hopefully the audience too. I love getting to know a new piece of music each winter or spring for our annual winter and spring concerts. I like doing band right now and I hope I carry this on for awhile.

When the first seventh grade piece started to play which was Knights Of Destiny, I got a little jumpy because at some moments I didn't know what was going to happen. Especially when we started to play our next piece our next piece Space Journey. I had a lot of shivering going on while playing and listening to this piece. When the flutes, (which I play) started to play their own little solo, in the second movement I was very speechless. The way that we played was magnificent. At the end the band had played a piece called Zoom! It was very fast moving and exciting to play and listen too. Plus was one of the longest pieces. If I had to pick one piece that I didn't enjoy to play or listen to as much as the others it would be Abandoned Treasure Hunt. In some of the sections it was very well done but got very annoying at sometimes. But was very well done.

The eighth grade part of the concert was very good in my opinion. All of the songs were very well done and very enjoyable to listen to. I found that my Favorite piece through their portion of the concert had to be Mars. It was very upbeat and entertaining to listen to. As I saw through the band there were a lot of flutes which is very hard to balance with the rest of the band because of their high pitch sounds. The Eighth grade band did very good balancing their sounds throughout the band. Each piece left me wanting more of them.

Sometimes I can find my self just playing random notes at home thinking that I am playing for royalty. I always enjoy showing my friends and family my new music and playing for them. Band has been a big part of my family because my uncle was a band director for his school in Illinois. When I first set my eyes on the flute I knew I had to play it, even though my first sound that I made out of it wasn't perfect.  In conclusion I am dedicated to my flute and I hope I carry on the tradition of playing an instrument to my kids too.