Penelope and Tucker each had a spring music concert. For Penelope's concert the kids were in charge of coming up with their own performance groups and pieces. I love that they do this. It is such a great chance for them to learn and grow.
Penelope struggled with it. Her group had chosen music that she didn't necessarily like. Then she came home almost every day talking about how no one in her group would practice and how poorly she thought the performance will go. On the day of everything worked out and it went fine, just like I told her it would be. She was pretty nervous though.
Tucker participated in a friendship concert with two local Japanese bands. It was at the community concert hall and it was different than any child's concert I've ever been to. First their was 30 minutes of speeches that were translated in to Japanese and English. Not only did the directors speak, but the mayor and the base commander. Then there were two amazing MC's that commentated the entire thing. Of course they didn't speak between performances but they had things to say after each song. They were extremely peppy.
One of the bands was a Japanese marching band and they were pretty extraordinary. Tucker's band also did well, but they were on a different league. Tucker's band ranged from people on their 2nd year playing the instrument to 6th year and the marching band was clearly high school studens who have all been playing for a while. They were both fun to watch. After each band performed they played a couple songs together.
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