The Community Show

Students started arriving at about 8:00 a.m. this morning. We rehearsed all day in the stadium. Not one complaint came from the students, staff, or parents about an all day rehearsal on the day of one of our biggest fundraisers. Today was a great day for band in Swansea. Everybody worked for a goal...Together. It is rare that things come together like they did today. If everyone can just work toward the goal like we did today, there will very little that can stop us. The culmination of the day was our performance in full uniform in the stadium. There were about 300 supporters present. To say the kids turned it on would be an understatement. Their attitudes were great all day, but it was tonight's performance that really made it all worthwhile. If tonight is the beginning of our competitive season, watch out. Some great things could await us. The best thing about today was that everybody; the students, the staff, and the parents, all worked so hard but as I always say "Never trade what you want at the moment for what you want most." Judges didn't have to tell us we won today. We knew it!

Thank you to everybody for all the hard work today. The booster club was a joy to work with today. I could not have asked for more. Thank you to the staff for their hard work too. Thank you to the kids. The time flew by today although everybody has sunburn to prove where they were today. And thank you for my wife for the support at home. We have tons of work to do to get the show clean but today proves to me that everybody is ready to go for it!