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Last night our community band played with the Marine band from New Orleans. It was much more fun than I expected. : )

We ran our system for them and they took a feed off to record everything. So…they said they’d send us the audio after they had mastered it. : ) We also are going to get the dvd from the local tv station.

The weather was really iffy and it started raining a little before we started.





Dad brought a tent to put the mixer under, which was a life saver. While it was raining Bonnie and I ran (literally) across the street to buy garbage bags to put over the speakers. Twas’ interesting! Thankfully, it didn’t rain too much and the concert was able to start! We had an estimate of 800 people in attendance.





The Marines waiting to go on…







See that Marine mixed in with us? He was our first chair clarinet until he left for BT. They let him play with us. : )

It was so neat to hear the 'real' band play…



They were IMPRESSIVE! It was inspiring. : )



We did two combined numbers with them before the lightening show started. They wisely decided to let everyone go home. ; )



A fun concert we shall not soon forget! :)

I’m looking at the date on my last post, 9 DAYS ago. That was a long time between posts. Sorry!

*****WARNING*****
Picture heavy post!
I’ve been really busy with work, cleaning, work, practice, cleaning, work and um, more cleaning. : ) Oh and band rehearsal. Thankfully, band is only one night a week. As Bonnie, (my sister) blogged about we are, Lord willing, playing with a Marine band tomorrow. : D I shouldn’t mention the fact I haven’t practiced the hard spots like I told myself I should. :(

The Friday concert at Relay For Life went fine. The crowd was more interested in the bluegrass so we stuck to that for most of our allotted time. That was fine with me since I really didn’t feel like singing with a sore throat, head cold and cough! Nope.

This weekend brought Daniel and Susanna up for a visit. : D They arrived late Friday night and came with us Saturday to our concert. I think it was the worst concert we’ve done in a while. (It seems we have those a lot of those 'worst ever' concerts …haha.) We ended up on the school auditorium and they had the coolest hallway for singing. : D The reverb really was nice. Aside from the fact the rain kept most of our audience away, the publicity department did a horrible job. The only reason the K’s weren’t half the audience was due to the fact a friend had told his friends we were playing.

We got back in time to watch the Dortignacs with the Duggars (or is that the Duggars with the Dortignacs?) on VHS, a first for a few of us.

Volleyball…



….wrestling…



and food cooked on an open fire was on the activity list Saturday night…until it started raining, again!

Hannah had some big shoes to fill…




When we got up today the sky was gray and rainy. The prospect of an outdoor concert didn’t look good. However, the Lord blessed us with a beautiful sunny afternoon! It was great.

Bonnie warming up…





Matthew and Nathan jamming with the LaClaires.

Susanna warming my violin up here…



You have Daniel to thank for the nice photos of the concert. (And, the picture above.) He graciously took charge of the camera and did a super job. : ) Thank you, again.









^ Does it kinda look like we’re catching flies here? : P





Dad. (Obviously.)

We got to play with the really cool, awesome, talented, and photogenic LaClaires!






We also got to sit back for a while and enjoy their concert!



Jenn got to sing with them, too. : )



We did turn the camera around and get a shot of our guests…



So, now another Homecoming concert is over! *yawn* And, another week has started!

Till next time…


Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 NIV

I was walking home from work barefoot and found this elegant butterfly smack dab in the middle of the sidewalk. It appeared to be injured, his legs on one side were hanging limp. I thought of moving him off to a near by tree, but then that would mean I wouldn’t get any pictures! So started off with him in my hand and it started raining shortly after. It’s a good thing I had my shoes off and I‘m not made of sugar! ; ) The shoes made a nice umbrella, well, for the butterfly, not me. :) There is something fun about walking in the rain.






He was a pretty cooperative and obliged me several photographs.





Ok, I’m done. : )

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Bonnie is my super sis who can lift 45 lbs of cheese over her head. :D




"..for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Nehemiah 8:10 NIV