Today Brittany had her track meet at Waubonsie High School. Right now she is trying to juggle being in the Musical and running track at the same time. She hasn’t been to many track practices and the coaches have been really good about this. With not much practice, however, she got her personal best time […]
Brittany made the High Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter! She was so excited! She got above a 3.8 and we are very proud of her efforts! She worked very hard all the way through the quarter. She told us that she was going to do it this quarter if it killed her and she
Sarah got home from Disney today and she had a great time! As we said earlier, she marched on Sunday. On monday, they had some clinics where they played music with a professional Disney conductor who gave them tips and critique. They then spent the rest of the day split between Animal Kingdom and Epcot.
Today, Sarah marched in the parade at Disney World! She said they had an absolute blast! They were getting a little nervous that they might not make it because on the way down on the bus, they got caught up in a HUGE traffic jam where a semi truck carrying 44,000 pounds of bacon jackknifed
Today Sarah and the Metea Valley Marching Band boarded buses for Orlando! They are going to march in the Magic Kingdom Main Street Parade on Sunday afternoon and they are all SO excited! They have been looking forward to this for months! I’m sure they’ll keep themselves busy during the 36 hour drive! 🙂 After
Congratulations Brittany and Sarah! Today we found out that both Brittany and Sarah made it into higher audition groups in high school next year! They are so excited! Sarah was the most worried she wouldn’t make it but was extremely relieved when the results of the auditions came back! We are very impressed with the
Tonight, Sarah and the rest of the Metea Valley High School freshman and sophomore fine arts students performed the school’s first “Collage” concert in the new auditorium, with more than 300 students participating in two consecutive shows to accommodate the massive crowds that poured in. We were all awestruck by the sounds of the various
Today, Kirstyn had a reader’s theater in school, where she acted as Master of Ceremonies! She was very excited to do this and did a GREAT job! The theater was a collection of readings about famous African Americans. They were: 1) Phyllis Wheatley and the Famous Poets of Yesterday, The Tuskegee Airmen, The Great Migration,
Today Sarah went to Downer’s Grove North High School and participated in the Illinois State Solo and Ensemble Festival. She played a very hard piece that her private flute lesson teacher had given her (at least it looked incredibly hard to me)! She did a great job and the judge was impressed! 🙂 Naturally, she
Today, Brittany was involved in the regional Solo and Ensemble festival which she has participated in in the past couple of years as well. This morning, she sang in a girls ensemble of 6 girls and they did a GREAT job! 🙂 Brittany sang alto. She then went back in the afternoon and played a
Kirstyn had a GREAT band concert tonight. The three elementary schools that their band teacher teaches at, were combined together at Scullen Middle School for the concert. It is hard to believe that the kids have only been playing for about 6 months! They sound GREAT! I know, I know, I said this with both
Today Brittany participated in the District Science Fair for our school district! It was held at Waubonsie High School and there were a hundreds of kids who were there. Brittany really enjoyed her science project for school, so much that she decided to take it to the Science Fair. It was titled “Men vs. Women:
