So we had a concert last night. For the most part it went well. All the groups were prepared, most of the students behaved well. Set up and tear-down went quickly. Boo-Yah.
I only had one complaint - most of the families decided to peel off once their kid was done with their part of the performance, leaving the last group with something like 1/3 of the audience that the first group had. Shame, because one of the best things on the program was the very last thing performed.
A couple of WTF moments:
One of the beginning band girls basically hasn't shown up to school since .... oh..... February. She wanted to know if she could sit in and get some credit for the concert. I told her no, since we were playing things she hadn't even seen. Plus, she didn't even have a working instrument. Today she didn't show up to class again. Go figure.
Two choir girls missed the concert out-right. In fact, they have yet to show up to a concert this year. Similar story with their brother, before he got booted out of school for ditching an assembly to go smoke pot. Today, one of them gave me a note from Dad asking me to excuse his daughters since they were at a 'family function' that required their participation. I e-mailed the dad and basically said that it was too late, any conflicts had to be worked out ahead of time. I just saw that there is a response sitting in my in-box, but I'm not going to look at it until tomorrow. I'd just as soon enjoy a nice evening with the family.
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I'm sorry I missed it, but I'm looking forward to the CD! Whenever it's produced, I'd love to have one. The spring concerts are always my favorites.
Dying to know who the girls are. Craing gossip like chocolate.
Oh, and do you love the New Copy Regime?
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