Mabry Middle School Orchestra

Tonight was the first orchestra concert. It was held at the Mabry Middle School auditorium. Just like the chorus concert, it was standing room only. We were there 20 minutes early and managed to get seats. The sixth grade came out on stage first. Bailey, playing the viola, “earned” the second chair. I use the team loosely as apparently it was based upon how often they take their instruments home and how well they play in class.

And based upon what we hear at home we were expecting something like fingernails on chalkboard. I must admit that we have seen much improvement over the past couple of weeks when Bailey has taken the time to practice. Klare and I were pleasantly surprised at how well the orchestra sounded as a whole. A few misplace squeaks here and there but overall a very good performance.

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Photo Blog

I have started a new Photo Blog in order to display some of my favorite photographs. The existing “family” photo-gallery is good for organizing and displaying a lot of smaller pictures, but doesn’t do justice to my photography.

WordPress only take a few minutes to install. The hardest task is choosing from the thousands of templates that area available. I have picked a simple, yet elegant theme that will allow me to better categorize and display larger pictures. The next task is going back through all my originals and selecting my favorites.