Last night we went to our first Marching Band Concert for Nicko's High School Band. I personally have never heard of a marching band concert, but we were quickly educated. All I can say is it was an amazing experience. I was very impressed. Here are a few highlights from last night.

• The school fight song was played three ways one as a march (which is pretty traditional), once as a ballad, and the last version was 6 tubas playing the school song in harmony.
• Three costume changes by the band director.
• A very touching tribute to Veterans.
• A selection of musical numbers from Star Trek.
  
• A music video that 12 students created. The kids took a Taylor Swift song and wrote their own lyrics about how the best way to be cool is by joining the band. It was adorable.
• Incredibly creative percussion performances.
• Audience participation with singing, yelling, jumping up and down, clapping or snapping if you wanted to play it cool, waving, and lots of applause.
• Four songs from the musical Grease.
  

Overall, the concert was over two and a half hours long and every minute was entertaining. I am so happy that Nicko is not only enjoying his musical education, but is part of an environment that encourages creativity and expression in such a positive way. The thing that stood out to Joel and I was how much fun the band had while they performed.