The Family Giuls

I just had my first two concerts of four this week. Last night's band concert was fabulous! I've got some squirrely ones in there, but they were able to buckle down and play pretty well. There were so many parents that there were'nt enough chairs for them all to sit in!!!! My mother in law was there, and she said that the only song that she recognized was "Mary Had a Little Lamb". I will consider that an improvement from last year!!!! One funny moment: after our first song, one of my trumpet players looks at me with a panicked look on his face and points to his horn, which is MISSING the mouthpiece!!! I had him run to the room and grab it and join us for the other songs. Talk about close call . . . it reminds me of when I had a festival performance in high school with a piccolo solo, and left my piccolo at home. Ha ha. Mr. Ryan still probably tells that story!!! It's my band Karma coming back to haunt me. It would be interesting to see if anyone else has some interesting brain fart stories . . .