Bon Voyage Concert Was A Hit

Well like the title of this post indicates the Olympic Orchestra was a hit at their farewell concert held in Modesto last night. They performed the various music that they will be performing in China before a packed stadium at Thomas Downy High School's Football Stadium in Modesto. This was a benefit concert to raise money to try and offset the cost for the various students going to China. I took my customary "Ass-load" of pictures and will post them on the photo site later this evening. The kids that are playing in the Orchestra are so calm it's kind of strange. The adults that are going are more nervous and excited than the kids are. I don't really think they realize how huge this really is. I know they will understand once they are there and it has had a chance to sink in. This will probably happen for most of them, some time during our 40 actual hours of travel time. that's right 40 hours with transfers, lay overs, bus rides and flights (Lions, and tigers, and bears on my!) what else can a person say except Holy Sh*t!!!!! I wish that every parent gets to be as proud of their child as we are of Joey. He had his moments last year but I must say he has turned out to be a very focused and driven individual. I feel this is primarily due to his hard work and perseverance. It also doesn't hurt that between me and Joanie and Dan his band director all riding his ass, making sure he was always prepared and he stayed focused on his studies and music and less focused on. . . .Well . . . Girls he is where he is today. It really was mainly Joeys hard work though. Well I guess I better sign off for now before I start crying.

The VERY VERY Proud Drumline DAD!