Hey!

Last night Sarah, Jacob, and I attended Dylan's band concert at the high school auditorium. Sarah's college class was cancelled due to her professor's illness, so we were lucky she got to join us.

There were several bands and orchestras and groups from grades 4-8 that peformed during the program. Dylan's 5th & 6th grade band went first. More than half the kids in his band have only been playing since September, and they sounded great. Dylan plays the flute very well and still dabbles in percussion. He keeps trying to talk me into buying a drum set.
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Here is a shot of his whole band with their conductor, Mr. Day. Mr. Day is awesome! He comes from a very musical family. His mom is a music teacher in our district and his 12-year-old brother sang a solo at the community performance of The Messiah.

Their older brother, Spencer Day, is a professional musician who came in 2nd place on the last season of Star Search a few years ago.

Here are Dylan and his band-mates leaving the stage after their performance. (Dylan is very resistant to the idea of dressing up these days!)

Other groups performed, as well. The guitar class sounded so great on their acoustic guitars. I wish Jacob had kept up the guitar lessons so he could serenade me!

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Here is a group called Spotlight, dressed as hippies and singing "I'm a Believer." (Ahhh, the memories of my crush on the Monkees!) All 3 of Wyndie's sons are in this group.

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Here we have the Darlin' Divas singing "A Happy Working Song" from the film Enchanted. They were so adorable.

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This group of cuties features Dylan's best gal pal, whom he is kind of sweet on. (She's second from the left.)

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Below is a short clip of Dylan's band performing "The Hey Song." The kids love it because it's popular at football games when the high school band plays it. The audience participates by shouting "Hey!" during the rests.

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Dylan said he jumped and started to laugh the first time the audience yelled "Hey!" After that he had a hard time keeping a straight face. It's always so much fun to watch the kids develop their talents and perform with their peers!