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Region band is over and things went well. The kids seemed to have a good time and they behaved well too. It was pretty neat to drive up with a bus load of kids. We took 23 students with us. One students was at All State Orchestra this weekend too. That is not bad for a school that traditionally cares about marching band first and foremost. I was really happy for the two alternate students that were seated in bands too. That is why I bring them. We have a guest clinician coming in Tuesday and maybe that will help things seem a little more real for concert festival. We accumulated 32.5 OPA points at the region/all-state level and we max out at 20 so maybe this will be the first year ever that Swansea gets a 100 out of 100 in OPA points. Last year we received a 97 because we got a II at concert festival.

Now it is off to enjoy some NASCAR racing. It is at California which is usually a snoozer but you never know with racing. The wind is blowing like crazy today and I sure would have like to have gone fishin' but I can't deal with 25 mph winds!