Patrick had fall sports awards night. Yes Marching Band is a sport. Some rude little cross country runner was sitting next to me and when they announced the Marching Band next, he snidely said to his buddy, “How is band a sport?” and laughed. I wanted to turn to him and say, can you memorize four songs worth of music and a choreographed routine for each and perform it? I’d like to see it. Anyway, here is Patrick smiling so beautifully for me from the stage!
Patrick is on the We the People team. It’s kind of like a Constitution debate team, from what I can tell. He had his first practice run through at the courthouse. He asked us not to come so he wouldn’t be too nervous this first time. He gave a stance and defended it on several issues in front of actual judges and even the mayor of Champaign. He reported back that the first one went okay, but his second round the judges told them they had the hardest question of the day and they ‘did a phenomenal job answering it’. Here are a couple of pictures the parents that were allowed to attend took and shared with me.
Patrick’s last marching band performance was on senior night at the last home football game. It was so much fun to celebrate him and this great group of kids.
Next up for Patrick’s lasts…Homecoming. He had the parade (it has only rained for 20 minutes in the last month and it was for the 20 minutes he was marching in the parade!), football game and the dance.
Patrick and Cooper went to the dance for a bit. They were kind to pose together for a picture. 🙂
