Great job today! The band looked and sounded great, especially for a first performance. The video is now up on our youtube site. Look for things we can fix before next week. Make positive comments on the site.
Thanks to all the parents who helped and to the band members who helped out as well. A special thank you to Amy Pinchiaroli for filling in, you were great! And thanks to the 6 people who stayed an extra hour to help out loading the trailer. I know you totally did it to help out the band, stayed there late while everyone else went home and for that reason you have "hit the jackpot" by getting awarded 200 points for showing me that you really care about the band! Want to know who they are, just check the attendance and awards spreadsheet. Yes it was beautiful out and I really don't blame people who went home right away after the game today, we are all very busy and some were taking in a nice day, spending time with their family, doing homework, or just getting a breather after a few days getting into the routine with homework. Those special people who do that incredible amount extra may be awarded my special "jackpots" throughout the season. They can come at any time and will be awarded to people who go "above and beyond" what is expected from any band member. Congrats to todays "jackpot" winners. And I want to continue our "no drama" policy with the band program. We have taken some great strides this year in minimalizing the amount of drama between band members. For instance, do not see people getting more points than you as a competition against you. We are all on the same team. Congratulate anyone in our band who excels. Look around. Did someone in your section or another section of the band do something great today? Tell them, write them a text, compliment them. Write a positive thing on the youtube site about something you see. Make freinds with everyone! This is what is making our band great this year!
We have a very important rehearsal on Wednesday so lets all focus and be as great as we can next Sunday at the Brentwood show, our first competition. I am so very proud of our entire program. I left the school today thinking that I am a very lucky person to be the director of such a great group of people!
