Beginning band
Laura’s middle school band had been playing their instruments for about 4 months when they recorded this. We voted to tax ourselves a bit extra a couple of years ago to pay for arts in the schools, and the proceeds started to flow in last year, just in time for Laura’s 6th-grade year. Suddenly her school, never one of the more lavishly equipped in town, had all these new band instruments and a smart, capable music teacher to start things up. Laura decided to learn to play all of the instruments, starting with the alto sax. This year they added a string orchestra, which Laura promptly joined.