The 4th grade band played in the chapel program at school this morning so Richard and I ran out to hear our favorite trumpeter. They are making progress. Josh is on the back row and is the 2nd boy to the left of the blond boy. Here is a video of them playing. It is of the portion of song they played called, "Childhood hymns."
Psalm 150:3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:
You might remember that I didn't get any good pics of Josh in the band concert last Friday night. Brian shared his camera card with me and I was able to capture all of his pics. I loved this one of Josh playing so thought I would share it at this late date. He is the boy on the bottom middle in glasses. The handsome one. :) Double-click on pic for a better view. :) 
We went to Josh's first band concert on last Friday night but didn't get a good view of him playing and failed to make a picture of Josh all dressed up for the concert that evening. At lunch on Sunday, I asked Josh if he would mind coming to my house so that I could "interview" him about the concert. He came and I made a video of Josh and his trumpet. I guess this will be our "last toot" for this school year. Josh seems to have some natural talent so I hope he will practice this summer and keep up what he has learned this semester in his trumpet lessons. And now, here's Josh.....
What a joy to watch our GRANDchildren grow up. Josh turned nine last week and is completing the 3rd grade. He has a big heart and is a great kid. We are so very proud of our middle grandson for many reasons, and last night we were proud of Josh, the band member!
In January, Josh began taking trumpet lessons at school and then about a month ago, all of the different beginning 3rd grade band members came together as a group. Last night they played two songs in the Grades 3-8 Awards Concert. Amy was the emcee for the concert. We heard the Cadet Band (grades 6-8 and they were as good as any high school band I have ever heard), Tonettes (4th grade singers), Harps (grades 3-7), Beginning Orchestra (grades 5-7), Jaffe Orchestra (grades 4-8), Third Grade Band (Josh's group!), Elementary Band (grades 4-5), Patriot Singers (grades 5-6), and the Intermediate Orchestra (grades 4-7).
Of course, I tried to make some video of Josh playing and of Amy emceeing. It turned out horrible. We were too far back, Josh wasn't high on the risers, and it just wasn't a good situation for filming. But, I got a video (IT IS CURRENTLY UPLOADING ON YOUTUBE) and you can at least hear the band. When the video is posted here, Josh is on the front row far right~~ and is the first dark-haired boy. Amy was the emcee of the program and did a super job.
After hearing all of the excellent bands, orchestras, harps, choirs, and the giving out of awards, all of the musicians (327 of them representing grades 3-8 at the Academy) came together for the grade finale to play/sing a wonderful patriotic medley. I got the last word of it ("forever" in Stars and Stripes) and you can see Josh kind of in the middle of all the white shirts ~~ in front of the boy wih the prominent bowtie. It was a GREAT evening, and we look forward to watching Josh progress with his trumpeteering!!
Josh said his trumpet teacher conducted a contest in today's class. He wanted to see who could blow the "C" note for the longest time. Josh won and got a candy bar for his effort. He did it for us at dinner at Amy's and Brian's this evening. Josh has a real good embouchure and looks like a natural. I asked him to run over to my house so that I could make a movie of him blowing his "C" note, and here it is....
Psalm 139:14~~ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made
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