Summer News

Summer is starting to wind down for me as I look to the next school year. Seems hard for me to believe teachers report in under 4 weeks! I have a lot of work to do as far as listening to, selecting and ordering music for the next school year.

I am a little behind for a couple of reasons this year. The first is the fact I didn't have power in the band room for a large part of the summer (still might not--haven't been there for a while). It makes it hard to go through music and instruments without lights! But that brings me to my other news. We welcomed Caelyn Marie into the world on July 15th! Nights have been short and she has lost about 11% of her birth weight, but she has really started eating well the last couple of days. I love spending time with her and wife! I can't imagine her being born during the school year and having to go back to teach.

One more note, even with the things keeping me busy over the summer, I am still seriously considering doing marching band with the 7-8 band next fall. We would only march in the homecoming parade, but I think it would be a good learning experience and a lot of fun.

Enjoy the rest of the summer!