Monthly Archives: December 2018

The Penultimate Christmas Concert

The band concert is one of my Christmas season highlights!  For weeks preceding, I listen to Mason practice the selected songs on his trumpet and I become familiar with his part. When he and the other three trumpeters come together with the whole orchestra, magic happens.  The arrangements bloom! Our director does a fine job […]

Breakfast with Santa

It’s the annual Breakfast with Santa event! This year the scouts have even greater participation as they are handling the front of the house AND the back of the house. The PTSA is still responsible for collecting the funds and coordinating with Santa but the event is essentially ours.  Cathy, the new scoutmaster’s wife, took […]