We went to Sam's christmas band concert last night. It sounded wonderful! It's amazing to me how the band directors take a bunch of kids that have never played an instrument before, don't know anything about reading music and teach them to all sound so good together! Sam probably will only play trombone this year (football is calling his name next year!) but I'm glad for him to have the experience of learning to play music and playing in a band. I played in an orchestra for 4 years and you really learn so much about life in general. You learn that you don't always have the melody but your notes are important for the complete sound of the band. You learn to always follow the director and keep with the beat. You learn to listen to the other players around you and not just toot your own horn. And you learn that squeaks and squaks a few weeks ago can be foot-tapping, sing-song-along music with just a little practice.