Music Man

Sam had his "end of year" band concert directly on his 11th birthday! He played his barritone, and rocked the house!

Since it WAS his birthday, Dad treated him to his favorite food, BBQ Ribs at Shane's Rib Shack after the concert.

To end out the school year, they had tryouts for next year's SIXTH Grade play, "The Idi-Oddyssey."

When Sam said he wanted to try out, I was ecstatic! Yaaay! An interest in theater and drama, too! So he practiced his audition lines, and there was a "NERD" part named Edgar that was part of the lines they were supposed to be prepared to read.  Sam has this very 'nerdy' voice that he already uses from time to time that is really quite funny. I told him to practice the part using that voice. At first he hesitated, but after doing it a couple of times, got used to it, and it was funny!

So the day of the tryouts, I encouraged him to use that voice, since he already talks in that voice often, and it truly fit the part!  Well....he DID! And, guess what, he got the part!

He will be playing the part of Edgar the Nerd, and his best friend, Justin Kievit will be playing the part of the Jock. So Sam is thrilled to have gotten the part, and thrilled to be with his buddy.

And again, Mom is THRILLED that he's got an interest in this stuff!