My son is loving marching band which makes me very happy for him. It’s really crazy to see the effort it takes to get to football games and competitions. They have multiple school buses and a tractor trailer full of equipment. They also have two other large trailers. Tonight it looked like the semi and 4 busses, but I know I have seen check ins for 6 busses although I think they combined two of them. My kid is one the trombone/baritone bus.
Tonight he was really getting into the game which is also good. It was an away game that they won in over time when the other team missed an extra point. We watch football at the house, but he has never been super interested so it’s great to see him learning the game.
Another interesting thing is that he is looking into playing the synthesizer in the marching band. He got his music today and was very excited. The challenge is that it’s basically piano music, and he does not play the piano. I have a keyboard from when I took piano lessons in grad school so he is going to try and figure out how to do it. I love that about him. I love that he’s having fun.
There are still some things about band that confused me (like where is the water bottle I ordered), but he is doing a great job figuring it all out.