tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post2510572957048196904..comments2023-07-22T04:25:04.122-05:00Comments on Not Quite What I Had Planned: "I think it would be cool to learn an instrument"Kristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325715096763265816noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-36837017036485183042009-09-18T08:35:24.313-05:002009-09-18T08:35:24.313-05:00My son is playing an instrument this year also - 7...My son is playing an instrument this year also - 7th grade - trombone. It is also big and bulky to carry back and forth to school, but just like your son, my son is renting a brand new trombone and is the ONLY one who touches it! I would never dream of sharing an instrument...GROSS! It's been fun watching him play. I can't wait to see their first performance as a group!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096975909759020598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-53898639601456586502009-09-17T17:29:13.848-05:002009-09-17T17:29:13.848-05:00When I was in middle school, I played the baritone...When I was in middle school, I played the baritone, which is a small step down from the tuba. Because of its size, the school provided it, and I only had to lug it home on weekends. The case took up a whole bus seat! I also got to keep it over the summer to "practice"...which more or less entailed putting the thing in a corner and not looking at it until August. :)Haleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712911573307343283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-34428595161345096252009-09-17T08:05:43.257-05:002009-09-17T08:05:43.257-05:00I love your stories about small town USA. I grew ...I love your stories about small town USA. I grew up in the "big city" in Canada - public bus to school and all. My graduating class had over 1,000 kids in it!!<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your life with all of us!<br /><br />kkimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325949453703869105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-81076415125398639152009-09-17T07:52:11.438-05:002009-09-17T07:52:11.438-05:00Wait til you have to pay for the pro model!! :)
...Wait til you have to pay for the pro model!! :)<br /><br />Gayle in ALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-53253473261360873702009-09-17T00:14:39.638-05:002009-09-17T00:14:39.638-05:00I bought a used sax on eBay for BIG Foot. It was w...I bought a used sax on eBay for BIG Foot. It was well worth it...besides I am deaf after hearing 3 kids play Hot Cross Buns a zillion times!<br /><br />lMnopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-32449996475825845532009-09-16T21:18:35.119-05:002009-09-16T21:18:35.119-05:00LOL! What a week for you!
I used to play sax in ...LOL! What a week for you!<br /><br />I used to play sax in my HS band. I loved it so much, and today I only keep great memories from that time. I've always played the piano, from as long as I can remember, but never took lessons. I took violin lessons as a kid for 2 yrs, and guitar lessons as well, but quit because I couldn't stand being told what to play! Sure, I can play by ear and read music, but when I have an instrument in my hands, I want to play what *I* want (or what the band wants!). Practicing a song (especially when I didn't like it) for someone else wasn't for me ;)<br /><br />Good luck with the sax, it kind of makes a lot of noise he he he ;)<br />Love the pics, by the way!<br /><br />ReneeMarysienkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185620350459144898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-9444331930113122512009-09-16T18:34:55.463-05:002009-09-16T18:34:55.463-05:00I feel your pain. I really do.
Hope all is going...I feel your pain. I really do.<br /><br />Hope all is going well with the sax! (i.e., Hope it doesn't sound like cats fighting :))<br /><br />Something just occured to me- as much of a germaphobe as you are how could you stand to put your lips on a rental instrument? Or do you get a completely new mouthpiece? <br /><br />Just wondered!Jeanette in GAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-36968593952759542032009-09-16T17:13:48.056-05:002009-09-16T17:13:48.056-05:00That's so cool that Kellen is playing saxophon...That's so cool that Kellen is playing saxophone! My son started piano in 2nd grade and took lessons through 9th grade when he got too busy to fit it in. He started saxophone in 7th grade and is now majoring in Music Industry and marching in his college band and playing in the symphony. His piano teacher told me when he started to never force him to practice unless he had a competition coming up or something. I took her advice and some weeks he wouldn't practice a whole lot, but other weeks he couldn't walk by the piano without stopping to play. I sure miss hearing him pound away on the piano. His girlfriend plays beautifully, too, so there's always music in the air when they're visiting! I hope Stellan has as much fun as my son has had! :)<br /><br />Gayle in ALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-58334633881832665572009-09-16T17:13:13.079-05:002009-09-16T17:13:13.079-05:00Too funny! I love the pics of Kellen, too. My so...Too funny! I love the pics of Kellen, too. My son picked band (they have music electives starting in FOURTH grade at his school, oh yay), and he ended up with the trombone. It's pretty funny. In a headachey sort of way. He usually practices on the screen porch; I never realized how effective a trombone can be as a squirrel deterrent. Have fun... and enjoy meeting the interim band director (again).Pam Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681029046120784248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-50093451162188781752009-09-16T16:11:59.014-05:002009-09-16T16:11:59.014-05:00I took piano lessons for eight years and can't...I took piano lessons for eight years and can't play a note to this day! It just wasn't my forte, I wanted to quit but my mom insisted I continue. I just wish I had the talent,I would love to be able to sit down and play. I read your old post about your band experience and I have to say that the situation in my small town mirrored yours almost exactly. I played flute in band,and was in drill team during marching season, and I have to say that it was one of the best times in my life. Our school had a LEGENDARY director who had been there many years, and our band had never gotten less than straight superiors at contests. I loved our director, we all did, and our band was one of the best in the state. He left and moved out of state after my senior year--thank God I had already graduated--and the band basically went with him. They dropped from about 130 members to about 30, and went years without a single superior rating. It's been about 25 years and the band still hasn't completely recovered and rebounded to what it was in it's heyday. Doesn't help that they've had several changes of band director over the years, either.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921192984476167750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-71336844983896417282009-09-16T14:38:53.357-05:002009-09-16T14:38:53.357-05:00What fun these music posts are!
Yep, life in a sm...What fun these music posts are!<br /><br />Yep, life in a small town :)<br /><br />LucyLucy and Ethelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034416537494911411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-49228931439521967422009-09-16T14:16:18.500-05:002009-09-16T14:16:18.500-05:00Good thing Kellen is a perfect, sweet student. He...Good thing Kellen is a perfect, sweet student. He will have to think you turned out ok after all...right?! Is the sax as loud as J's trumpet??? Maybe your tuned ear handles is better than mine. Pass the Motrin! :) Kim<br /><br />p.s. waiting for Jacob to get home from school...just got cut from the soccer team on final cuts today. My poor baby! His first disapointment! :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-54176099190636606642009-09-16T12:41:05.927-05:002009-09-16T12:41:05.927-05:00How funny! Keep us informed on that one.
My oldest...How funny! Keep us informed on that one.<br />My oldest daughter played Alto Sax in 6th and 7th grades before dropping out in 8th.<br />My twin daughters are in their second year of band playing Clarinet and French Horn.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16857314083668400429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-67172725310618979952009-09-16T10:31:34.598-05:002009-09-16T10:31:34.598-05:00First the doctor...now the band sub...
I think th...First the doctor...now the band sub...<br /><br />I think that is great and hopefully he has wonderful memories of the band. I wasn't in band, but I did have to take a 9 week course on it in 7th grade. I played my brother's trombone that he carried back and forth to school every day because there was NO was I was going to do it!!!<br /><br />My daughter has followed in her uncle's shoes and is playing the trombone in band too...this is her first year as well!!<br /><br />Good luck with that...and you must not have scarred the director too bad...he is still teaching!!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508517928857162790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-8339780151331874432009-09-16T09:20:28.886-05:002009-09-16T09:20:28.886-05:00Tracy cracked me up in her comment about the dog a...Tracy cracked me up in her comment about the dog and the sax. Chris has been playing sax for two plus years now and when he is practicing there is NO WHERE TO HIDE! lol I have to go outside to talk on the phone, and even then I can hear it! lol<br /><br />At least he is able to play some cool songs now, like Smashmouth and the Beatles!Leeannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529722995554495470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-68380795933197882952009-09-16T08:43:06.012-05:002009-09-16T08:43:06.012-05:00You crack me up! Enough Said!You crack me up! Enough Said!vgsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103247862171482028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-23944158980629747802009-09-16T08:08:55.531-05:002009-09-16T08:08:55.531-05:00School band instruments are notoriously expensive....School band instruments are notoriously expensive. If Kellen decides he's serious, check out this website: http://cooldiscountinstruments.com/<br /><br />We bought my daughter's flute through them and are very happy with it. <br /><br />Love your stories!Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308746596689447396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-82988044219543394412009-09-16T07:51:07.187-05:002009-09-16T07:51:07.187-05:00"What goes around, comes around", they s..."What goes around, comes around", they say. You'll all do fine, I am sure of it.<br /><br />My kids have had some piano lessons over the years. I never did but my mom did (for 12 years) and hated it.<br /><br />I wanted to be sure that my kids stayed on just-this-side of the line of loving/hating lessons.<br /><br />My solution? I found high school kids to teach the lessons. The HS kids needed spending money and taught well, but there was never the seriousness (and the recitals) of older teachers whose livelihoods were based on the lessons.<br /><br />BridgetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-26501146009681386162009-09-16T07:36:17.640-05:002009-09-16T07:36:17.640-05:00Ahhh, the sweet sounds of someone learning the sax...Ahhh, the sweet sounds of someone learning the sax. I thought, 9 yrs. ago, when my daughter started 6th grade band, that she would bring home a sweet little flute. She brought home an alto sax. Our poor dog was never the same. Whenever she would practice, my husband and I would look at each other and say "the moose is loose!" She loved band as much as you, and ended up being first chair in high school, played in the jazz band, and even in an ensemble at church. Now she marches with the Redcoat Band at the University of Georgia (on the flagline). She has many great memories and has gone many places she never would have gone if she hadn't been involved in band (including China). Hope Kellen's experience is half as great as Katie's!!Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-87918555445449274162009-09-16T07:21:32.346-05:002009-09-16T07:21:32.346-05:00Once again, you brightened my morning. I too live ...Once again, you brightened my morning. I too live in a small town (after being raised in a bigger city). You have to take the good with the bad here. In high school, my boys use to say *Don't ever even THINK about skipping school. Mom will know it before the school day is even over.* Yeh, there is good. And there is bad. :)Love Being A Nonnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510618983227889123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-72182373022055828302009-09-16T06:58:30.930-05:002009-09-16T06:58:30.930-05:00LOL! Kristie, you NEVER cease to bring a smile to...LOL! Kristie, you NEVER cease to bring a smile to my face or a chuckle to my belly! thanks for the early morning laugh. I LOVE the glimpses into "small town America" and am relieved to know those towns and those communities are still out there. Good luck with that apology!!Sharon Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810930906435466812noreply@blogger.com