Good times

Sunny afternoon
Originally uploaded by Brynejentå.

Dad's here! He came to the USA on Saturday, and we picked him up in St. Louis. Then we went and got a rental car (after much trouble trying to get in to the rental car place), it's a red-ish Chevy Trailvlazer, and it's pretty neat.
After picking dad up, we all went to Applebee's and had a good meal.

On Sunday we went to church, and then to the school concert. I forgot my music in my locker, so I missed half the first song, but then I was back, playing.
After the concert, they handed out all the awards, and I got three patches (band, conference band, 1st chair conference band) and I also got the Outstanding Brass award. Yay! They didn't have the state/districts medals yet, so I'll have to wait for those.

Gotta go now, the bell rung. I'll write more later.

2006 State Music Festival

This weekend was the big State Music Festival, aka State competition. That's where all the people who got a 1 at District Competition go. I got a 1, so I went.

I've been practicing just about every day for over a month, sometimes even twice a day; once alone and later with the accompanist (Mrs. Brock).So this Friday, at 2pm, Mr. Schaffer and I left school (I had changed into my "pretty outfit") and we went to the elementary school to pick up Mrs. Brock. Then we went to Columbia, where the competition was held (UMC aka Mizzou).

I was playing at 4:31, and I was super nervous. The people in front of me were all nicely dressed, and they were all smiling and stuff. How can you be that happy when you're about to play in front of a college professor of music?

Anyway, I went in, I played, and I waited. About 30 minutes later (after getting my picture taken, and buying a t-shirt), Mr. Schaffer came over with the results. He said "Let's go", and I'm like "well? What did I get". He stops, and he goes "You got a 1". I scream. And I scream some more. Yay! It felt really good, and I'm proud of myself (yes, I really am) for doing good. Yes Kaja, you can watch it, Mr. Scaffer videotaped it.