Daily Archives: December 17, 2008

Christmas Concert

I went to the last concert of the year. It was at Firestone elementary where Eddy was playing the viola. It was a lot shorter than last year. They had a play, a choir, and the band. I noticed quite a few differences from the presentation at the elementary school as opposed to my first year at the middle school.

For one the elementary school has individual performances by children. Some kids get to showcase their talent, where at the middle school it’s solely a collective effort. They also are a bit less politically correct at the elementary school, which I don’t mind at all, but they call it a Christmas concert at the elementary and a Winter concert at the middle school. The songs are different, the presentation is different, and that’s the last one I’ll see.

I don’t know if they were recording the presentation at the elementary school. I found out that they are waiting until Friday to play the recording of the Winter concert that I went to on Tuesday.

Rock Band 2

I finally got Rock Band 2 and I finally got Jacqui over to see it. She reacted much the same as anyone who has played Guitar Hero and gets to play guitar on Rock Band, which is to say that they always lament it as being just an “Ok” experience. She warmed up quickly to the experience though once we let her play drums. She claimed that she’d be an expert in 2 weeks if she could have a drum set, and while I doubt that, she did take to medium pretty quickly and even managed to play a fairly easy song on hard. It’s amazing how fast some people pick up on how to play drums. Kind of like Derek and “Maps”.

I know I didn’t mention getting Rock Band 2 here, but I am now. It’s a family gift for Christmas, and so everyone can enjoy it. Everyone has been enjoying it so far. I got an amazing deal on it, because the Toys-R-Us ad had it for $109, which is $80 off what it normally is.

Winter Concert

I went to the Roswell Kent middle school Winter Concert to see Patty play violin. I have to say it was an enjoyable experience. There were performances from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade choir, band, and orchestra. They made an announcement that the entire performance was going to be recorded, so I would imagine that today the kids could go to school, or at least sometime in the future, and hear how they played.

We had to get Patty a white blouse and we wanted to get her a black skirt, but we couldn’t find one, so we ended up getting her black slacks. Patty did well and I hope she continues to take the lessons throughout the 7th and 8th grade as well.