Marching band

 The season is practically over (the banquet is the week after Thanksgiving), but it's safe to say we all survived marching band this year. Rebekah served as a drum major, and she took her job very seriously. Between early morning rehearsals, after school rehearsals, football halftimes and Saturday competitions, she didn't have much time to spare during the first trimester. 

The team competed at four invitationals: in Rupert, Logan, Pocatello and Rexburg. The people who usually pull the trailer full of equipment to the competitions weren't available for Pocatello's, so Seth and I got to fill in. That meant we met the team at the school at 6 a.m. on a Saturday, attached the trailer, pulled it to Highland High School, detached it, spent a few hours shopping at thrift stores and CAL Ranch, then returned to Highland in time to see Bonneville perform. The kids loaded the trailer back up, and we reattached it and returned it to the high school. Bekah and the rest of the band didn't make it back until they had watched the other schools perform and found out the results of the competition. 

Here is a sampling of photos from the events:

Rebekah playing with the pep band at the beginning of the football game on September 24.

Conducting the band with the head drum major.

Playing a trombone solo.

Waiting in the rain for the show to begin on October 8. I swear that, although it had rained earlier that day, it went away for almost all the football game ... except halftime. It rained all during halftime.

Ana cheering from the stands.

Cameron (percussionist and vocalist) and Rebekah during "Fever."

Rebekah conducting the band at the Madison Invitational on October 30.

Seth and Winnie directing with Bekah on Wednesday, October 27. The band director invited all family and friends to watch the band perform during their last regular Wednesday afternoon/evening rehearsal. They ran through their entire program once, and then the director encourage everyone to come to the field and follow their band kids around. I feel like Seth and Winnie were the only ones to really get into it besides the one dad who relentlessly followed his kid around with his phone and mugged for the camera with her.

Winnie "playing the trombone" with Rebekah while Seth records her solo.