Zekers had a spring concert for Beginning Band. He played the bass drum, marimba, and triangle.
He also had a Solo and Ensemble contest. Zeke forgot his music to the contest. To be fair, as a percussionist he didn't need to bring his instrument because he played the marimba, which is too big to transport so the kids used what was there. Therefore in his mind he didn't need to bring anything. He told the judge he forgot his music but he had it memorized. I thought for sure he would not get a good score, even if he played well because the judge was supposed to have a copy of the music. Darned if that boy didn't walk away with a gold medal!
Several of the kids received gold and silver medals.
As a group they also competed and they scored all Ones. Zeke played snare, bass and xylophone this time.
At the end of the year Zeke auditioned for the symphonic band for next year and made the cut.
I would say a pretty good first year of band!
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