Hey folks! It was an encouraging morning! The clarinets and saxophones continue their hot streak, and Sophia is holding down the percussion end of things very capably! It was very nice to see our flutes catch a nice wind this week. They are both getting a good sound and it seems like their fingers are catching up nicely as well. We were able to move through page 8 without too many major problems, and I feel like we are ready for page 9. This week we learn about repeats, fermatas, use of the shorthand "C" for 4/4 or "common" time signature, and we get more practice with our five notes before adding more soon.
It was great to see our fifth graders back, safe and sound, at it appears as though most of them were given the assignments for this morning. That was a big help. Thank you!
For your information, I am keeping two blogs.
"What's New In Band" (http://whatsnewinband.blogspot.com) contains copies of all of the information I send out to the bands, including these e-mails. They are labeled intuitively (I hope), and will stay there for future reference.
"A Different Kind of Beautiful" (http://www.adifferentkindofbeautiful.com) is a blog that I have been adding to periodically over the last four years or so with anecdotes and essays about school band, some more relevant that others. Feel free to check that out as well.
On behalf of myself and Ms. Hofius, I thank you all again for your support!
Joe Wright
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