Carter found out in May of his 5th grade year, that he was going to get to play his #1 choice of Saxophone for the Lopez Middle School Beginner Band. That May, we found a very nice, gently used Saxophone from a family in Westlake, near Austin. The first of August, Carter started weekly, hour long private lessons with Matthew Trevino, his Roan Forest music teacher on Sunday afternoons. These early lessons definitely set him up to be way ahead of his peers by the time school started.
Being in band has been great for our pick up schedule. Since the 1st or 2nd week of school, Carter gets out of school at 3:40PM and goes straight to the band hall to practice for 30 minutes until one of picks him up at 4:10PM.
October 24, he had his very first band concert. The week after that, they started doing "chair tests" and Carter has been "1st chair" each time.
December 11, 2018 - Carter had his his band holiday concert. It was such a remarkable improvement from just a month prior at the first Fall concert.
Annual Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Playing at the Burek's annual nativity show
Christmas Eve caroling
End of the year band concert.
Christmas Eve caroling
In May, his entire Beginner band had a competition in New Braunfels. They were supposed to spend the day at Schlitterbahn but Carter had a ECNL Soccer game he couldn't miss.
End of the year band concert.
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