final concert

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Originally uploaded by rchanf.

we finished our concert band season thursday night with fine performances by our orchestra, middle school symphonic band, high school concert band and the high school symphonic band. the grand finale was "america the beautiful" by the combined forces of all three bands. the concert was bittersweet though. it was the last performance with a great senior class, and also means that i won't get to do any real conducting until november. but there is much to do preparing for graduation and the fall season. now if i can only figure out how to import the video of the concert from brian's camera...