The Last Bass

Davis had his final orchestra concert of middle school on Tuesday night this week. I wasn't able to be there but Wesley and Daryl were and Daryl sent me these great pictures and videos. Davis doesn't really want to play bass next year so it might be his final orchestra concert ever. He did a great job. 

 

Holiday Orchestra Concert

Davis had his first string orchestra concert at Sarasota Middle School on Tuesday night. The concert was held in the theater space at the north end of their school cafeteria. 

It was a lovely concert. The two soloists were very talented, especially Davis' friend Jeremy who played an almost ten minute solo on the violin. 

Davis is the only double bass amid a sea of violins, violas and cellos. 

He loves it and he did a good job.

 

We took our budding maestro out to dinner at the restaurant of his choice afterwards - he picked Oak and Stone Brewery. 

Some Random Odds and Ends

The huge stack of boxes and bags of paper is continuing to accumulate on the front porch. 

We also stopped by Riverview High School this week to finalize Wesley's registration at the school. It's a pretty impressive place and the trophies on display in the lobby are WOW! 

We also popped by the Middle School to doublecheck on Davis' school registration but their office is closed for the summer until later in July. We'll be back! 

Christy spent two days with us last week helping us to unpack the house and my office. We took her out to SKOB for dinner on the key and got her a sangria as well as a thank you! 

 

Middle School Promotion

Wesley's 8th grade promotion ceremony was held today in the Carver Middle School gym. They divided the 8th graders up into two teams and he was in the first group that graduated at 11am. This made it a much more pleasant experience fitting into the gymnasium. 

Processing in

Wesley was recognized for being a student athlete, receiving plaques and certificates for being part of the co-ed soccer team and the boys' basketball team. 

Wesley ended up being recognized for academics with the FAME award (which he also got in 6th grade). This is for maintaining a 3.5 GPA over the entire year with no Cs. 

Recognition for cords. The black cords he was wearing were for earning one high school credit in middle school and the grey cords were for National Junior Honor Society. This was nice and new for us - they did not do cords for Parker's middle school promotion ceremony. Wesley was surprised with these before the ceremony - they did not practice or tell the kids ahead of time. 

Having his name called for promotion. 

Processing out. It is done! 

Pictures with our graduate. So proud! Thankful to have Grandmommy make the trip up today and be able to stay and enjoy lunch with everyone also. 

We gave Wesley a choice of where to eat for lunch and he picked Cody's in The Villages. We did presents while we were waiting on lunch. Wesley got a big BBQ burger. 

When we got home, we laid out all of his honors and awards! 

 

Spring Band Concert

Thursday night was Davis' spring band concert - and the last Carver Middle School band concert for the Allen boys. Beginning Band played three songs and Davis played in the first and last ones. 

Davis played the bells for the first song, Dueling Dragons. 

And Davis played the big bass drum for the last song Mechanical Monsters. 

At the end all of the band students lined up for their certificates. 

And then they honored Mr. Eury, who is retiring from teaching after this school year to open up his own woodworking business. 

Miss Faye came out from the church to cheer Davis on.