On Saturday, I woke up at 3:30 AM and left the high school at about 4:45 AM driving the equipment truck down to Pfluegerville for State Solo and Ensemble. We had 2 Marimba solos, 1 xylophone solo, and 2 percussion ensembles performing (in addition to the multitude of other band students). One soloist received a 1 on his solo. I'm really proud of Brian he is going to be a great leader and player. Here's hoping that he sticks with music! His brother was the xylophonist and he received a 2. I thought that he played great. Very accurate, musical, and technically correct. I thought that the feedback was good, but is it weird to think that he gave him a two because he was playing a 2-mallet solo? All that I know is, Jeffrey played the snot out of that piece, and I'm very lucky to have such a talented student in the percussion studio. The top band ensemble received a 1 on their performance of Identity Crisis. It wasn't our best showing for that piece, but I was still very proud of how they played. When we finished the judge gave no verbal comments, which weirded out the kids. He did write a thesis on our performance, so that is good, but I thought it was strange since our room was 30 minutes ahead of schedule. The second band ensemble received a 2 for their Metric Lips performance. If I never have to hear that piece again, I will be happy. The bad news about that is, KIDS FREAKING LOVE IT! This means that I will end up giving it to some group of kids every 4 years...
Map of Day 6:
http://www.runningmap.com/?id=280749
Total distance: 1.97 miles
Total time: 30 minutes
Current weight: 227.5 lbs
I took today's jogging portions at a slightly faster pace, and it showed with my time getting shaved down by 4 minutes. It was a freaking hot run. I ran from 4:30 PM to just before 5:00 PM. It was very humid and I was really having trouble breathing. Not a fun run today.
Day 6 complete!
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