Although it was a Saturday and Anna would have a soccer game, we decided to have her participate in the optional band performance and show up late to her game. I feel that any opportunity to have her practice and play music is well worth it. As it was, we showed up just before half-time, so she played the 3rd and 4th quarter. Her team won.
The songs the band played were Jasmine Flower (Chinese Folk Song) arranged by Wagner, Yankee Spirit March by John O'Reilly, and When the Saints Go Marching In (Traditional) arranged by Higgins. The clinician that heard the group perform was Mr. James Baum. He and another clinician listened to groups perform starting at 7:15am until 2:30pm.
The reason why only a few of family members attended the performance was because our ward had the Building Deep Clean. Our ward is scheduled to keep the building clean for the 1st four months of the year. Our bishopric wants us to pass the building off to another ward with it being thoroughly clean. So, once a year, our ward does a deep clean of the building. Many of the ward members and families come and the building is divided into sections for cleaning. It starts around 9:00am and lunch is provided around 11:00am or so.
The bishopric grills hamburgers and hot dogs. Usually the people eat outdoors in the parking lot so the clean building does not get dirty again so quickly, but unfortunately the weather was cold and windy this year, so we had to eat indoors. Great times were had by everyone and delicious lunches gobbled up. It filled up Benjamin and Emma before their soccer games starting at 11:00am. It was nice.
