I went to my granddaughter's band concert at Carroll Middle School this evening. She plays clarinet* in the eighth grade band. I am always intrigued, at junior high concerts, at the evolution you can hear as they wisely let the sixth graders play first, then seventh, then eighth. Actually this evening they all sounded really good. It was fun to see the sixth graders conducted by their obviously very competent student teacher who was from Ball State. For me it's also fun to see their director/music teacher who, somewhere at the beginning of his teaching career, had my son and daughter in band. He mentioned at one point that there are 92 students in the seventh grade band. The other two bands looked just about as large. I think this all bodes very well for Carroll High School's marching band for years to come.
*About that clarinet, my youngest brother played it in high school about 45 years ago, my daughter played it in high school band about 30 years ago and now my granddaughter is playing it. She tells me it's one of only two wooden clarinets in the band and that it still has a very good tone. Good to know that some things last.
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