This month, Seth and I had a great opportunity as Seth was chosen by his band director to go to UGA for a band festival. Once there, Seth auditioned for placement in one of 9 bands. He spent the rest of the weekend in rehearsals and practices, learning the songs.
Waiting to Audition with over 100 other percussionists
Seth was placed in the #4 band so really good overall. Truth of the matter was that of all the bands, he was put in the best one from a percussionist standpoint. The conductor for his band had chosen some great songs that really allowed the various percussion instruments to really be heard and perform. Had he been in any of the #1-3 bands, the percussion sections were really not heard over the rest of the instruments or their parts were not very good.
On the last day, we spent some time driving around taking pictures of Seth proudly sporting his MSU shirt on the UGA campus. January 2, MSU faces UGA in the Outback Bowl so we made sure to show our MSU pride as much as we could this weekend! GO GREEN!
This was a great opportunity for Seth and he learned so much. Up until this point he's told me that he wants to do marching band in high school but he's now saying that he wants to stay in the actual band and join a percussion ensemble. He learned this weekend that he'll have more opportunities to play more instruments in the percussion section than he would if he was in drum line. Either way, I think that high school is going to be a great experience for him with his percussion skills.
