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Thursday, September 3, 2009

STRIKE UP THE BAND

I live right across from the playing fields: football practice here, soccer practice, and.. the band is getting ready to fire the team and the fans up....












AMAZING--Young people's energy, practicing hour after hour... AMAZING...going over the same material over and over again... AMAZING...creating something very, very old, very, very dear, very, very new

I congratulate you, band members...your Patience,your Persistence, your Genius

4 comments:

Jaynie Jones said...

Thrilling to hear young people perform...even in their fledgling ways.

Lorraine Hart said...

EVERYTHING begins with drums...oh yeah! Go kids!

Mizu Sugimura said...

And nothing wonderfully creative takes place in a vacuum - speaking as a former secondary level string player whose budding orchestra experience was cut by school district budgetary efforts almost 40 years ago - three tremendous cheers for artists, administrators and the supportive communities around them!

Kim Thompson said...

I don't play any instruments nor can carry a tune, so I just love to hear about those who can and do!