Tonight we’ve got a band concert at school. This is our first concert this year, and we have 5 songs, each of which I like pretty well. First we have Normandy Beach, we is very military-ish, obviously, and I play snare on it, then Pat-a-Pan, which I can’t really describe, but it isn’t that great, snare again, next is 2 Hebrew Folk Songs, which is the actual name of the song, there are just two pages. The first page is slow and dark, but the next one is pretty bright and cheerful, and fast. I play bass drum on both. although the second one is much more fun to play. After that is Triumphal Overture, which I don’t really like, although I get to play suspended cymbal =) and crash cymbals :\. Finally, my favorite, Christmas Tribute, which is basically a medley of Christmas tunes, like Silent Night and Jingle Bells. I play vibrophone (made of metal) on it, which I like better than the xylophone (made of polished wood) , marimba (made of dark, unpolished wood) or bells (like a smaller version of the vibrophone, made of metal).
In past years we’ve always worn the band shirt, khakis, and close-toed shoes. THIS year we’re wearing black pants, black shoes, a tuxedo shirt, and a bowtie. Thankfully I won’t have to do this again (excluding the other band concert this year) because I’m going on to marching band next year. I wonder if the songs will be similar to the ones we have right now. Probably not.