Alison's Band Concert

It is hard to believe that Alison has been thinking about or actually playing the flute for a year now! The process at school is great; you decide if you want to play in the band and then they have an instrument try-out day. The Saskatoon Symphony comes to school and they show you how to play each instrument and then basically give you a top three choice of the instrument that you are best suited to play. If I remember correctly, Ali had her heart set on playing the clarinet (her Mom's choice of Grade 6 instrument, by the way) before this instruction. The flute is a lovely fit for Ali and I do believe she has enjoyed playing. In fact, I know that she is going to continue into band next year - yea free music lessons!!! Here are a snapshots from the evening as well as a sampling of the talented skills of 6th graders from 4 local elementary schools. They are led by their band teacher, the wonderful Mr. Peter Pizurny!