Carter with his Band Leader, Mr. Davis. My 7th grade music leader was Mr. Davis, too. My Mr. Davis is probably in an old folks home by now. 
Playing on the bleachers at the school was a highlight for the kids, until Jayden fell and smacked his teeth. He was a good sport and despite blood and tears looked on the bright side that he was getting a head start on firth grade tooth loth.
I thought it was amazing that 6'5" Jim's flight suit fit Carter without alterations. It must be flood and wedgie prone on Jim. Karin confirmed this to be true. 
These are some dedicated fans. It was cute when James stood up at the end of the concert and waved his lighter in the air.
Last night was Carter's final band performance of the school year. The concert theme was "At the Movies". In addition to playing movie songs, all of the musicians dressed up as movie characters . This has been distressing for Carter to think of who to dress up as, although we had a lot of fun brainstorming for him. We wanted him to borrow Uncle Dave's Nacho Libre costume. Chase suggested cutting Carter's bangs straight across his forehead so he could be Lloyd Christmas. Carter thought that was dumb. Thanks to Jim, his top gun Uncle, he was able to borrow a flight suit, don some aviator glasses and go as Iceman. His Idaho cousins and Aunt Karin showed up to support the budding musician. James and Elizabeth seemed to be the most into the performance. Corbin was into getting drinks and finding any excuse to get out into the hall. The rest seemed to really enjoy their lollipops. Karin came well stocked and this helped rescue a crying Chloe. When I told Carter that we all really enjoyed the concert, he said, "Well then why was Chloe crying so hard?"
Friday, May 23, 2008
And the Band Played On
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We had a GREAT Time, thanks for letting us crash the party! And yes, James and Elizabeth loved it (even though there was no Strawberry Shortcake Theme song...) In the car today, Elizabeth said "I yuved Carters band consort. It was so youd." But she was too shy to pay the compliment straight to him. And yup, Iceman looked great! (Albeit not as great as Nacho would have...)
What a hoot! What a wild and crazy concert. What do they call the practice of concert fans throwing their bodies into the crowd? Looks like you even had some of that with Jayden. I saw the photo of him holding the bloody compress. Did he actually lose a tooth? It had to be VERY painful to turn down a Krispy Kreme. Carter's outfit is AWESOME! But if he was playing the sax, he should have worn the outfit from the other Tom Cruise movie where where he plays the sax and sings, "I like that old fashioned rock n roll." Wish I could have been to the concert. Sounds wonderful!
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