I've blogged before about my son's college challenges. How he had no real interest in going other than he knows he should and can't see any fun in it at all. Well last friday, that all changed. He came home from school and was dying to show me something on youtube. It was a video his band instructor had shown him that day.
Marching band isn't going so well this year. This is the first year in a long time they have had to let the Freshman march because of low numbers in certain instruments. A few months into the season they are having a hard time getting it perfect. Mrs Watzke then found this video on youtube and showed it to the kids to get them to realize how important lines and being exact were. What Mrs Watzke didn't know is she inspired my son. He is now DYING to go to college. Here is the video.
If you're not a video game fan, the band is doing theme songs from different video games. But what got Hayden was the side bar next to the video on youtube. This marching band does great shows. Hip Hop, video games, Michael Jackson, Green Day...you name it, they've covered it. He was fascinated. He kept saying "Watch this part" and "Look at that!" After we spent an hour watching their shows, he looked at me and said "I had no idea college marching would be fun like that."
College night is this wednesday at Hayden's high school. He has picked up the map of where everyone will be located, picked out the schools he likes, looked to see if they have marching programs and numbered them in order of importance to him. Talk about a 180 degree turn. Honestly though, if a California marching band is what it takes to get him excited, so be it. I'm just thrilled he finally gets it.
Yay!!!
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