Our Cornet Player

Tristen ventured into Band this year at school. He had to choose a Fine Arts elective. He choices were - Band, Orchestra, Choir, Art or Discovery. He chose Band. The instrument he picked was the Cornet. We have him enrolled in private lessons 1 day/week and they seem to be paying off. He is also required to practice 30 minutes/night. Some nights, those are the longest 30 minutes hearing him practice, especially since he is a beginner. Granted, he is in beginner band, and has only been doing this for the past 7 weeks, but he is doing great. I didn't realize that they were already doing Chair tests. (For those of you who don't know what a Chair test is - it is a test that places you basically from best to worst. The goal is to be 1st chair.) Last week Tristen was 7th chair (out of 24). This week he moved up after his chair test. He is now 5th chair! Woohoo! He was so excited to come home and tell us.