On December 5 2019, Gabe had his first-ever band concert! Our school starts band in the 5th grade, and as a 5th-grader, Gabe started learning the trumpet for band class. He is using a trumpet that used to be Erik's. So far Gabe seems to really enjoy band. He dutifully takes his trumpet to and from school every Tuesday and Friday. Sometimes, he even practices! The date and time of his band concert had been determined at the start (if not before) of school. I was wondering how the teacher (Ms. Pallas) could pull off a full band concert (sorry I don't remember my first concert at all) with the students being such beginners, but the band mainly just played many short pieces from their book, no big long performance piece or anything like that. It was obvious that the kids were beginners, but they tried hard and seemed to enjoy performing. Even with me sitting on the bleachers close to the front, it was really hard to see Gabe because he was in the middle back. I tried my best to get good pictures and videos of Gabe. After the concert, Erik took Gabe to get some frozen yogurt after dropping the rest of us off at home.
They are great musicians already. I'm happy Gabe is devoted to playing the trumpet. It will be a good experience for him! Nice pictures of Gabe in his band shirt with his trumpet.
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