A few of you emailed me yesterday & asked me to update when I knew what Savannah's doing next year.
She's chosen 1 honors class--language arts (which is her strongest area anyway) and for her elective, she has chosen band. The band director is calling the kids in already in groups of 5 or 6 to do some 'testing' to determine what instrument they're best suited for. I'm anxious to see what they tell her she should play. She's got her heart set on the trumpet, but who knows if that will be what works for her or not. I guess we'll see soon enough.
We've already bought her a combination lock to practice on so that she can get the hang of it before fall. She shows me about 10x a day that she can open it. :)
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"The band director is calling the kids in already in groups of 5 or 6 to do some 'testing' to determine what instrument they're best suited for."
If it's anything like it was back in the olden days when I went through it, they're giving a musical aptitude test...things like playing two pitches and telling which one is higher or lower or if they're the same, etc. They're also looking at facial structure to determine what instrument for which the student would be best suited. If Savannah's got thin lips, trumpet would not be a bad choice. French horn would be another good choice. There's alot fewer French horn players than trumpet players these days...plus French horns are provided by the schools. :-) Not to mention the French horn has such a beautiful timbre to it.
Liz,
You could get lucky and Savannah be playing drums, lol. That's what my dd did, all the way though jr high and 3 years in high school.
But not to worry, only the snare comes home and the bells, lol.
Kathy
great news:) she will love middle school
Deb
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