Brandon's Concerto Night!

Brandon tried out a few months ago to be one of the soloists for Cottonwood's Concerto Night and he made it!  He practiced long and hard for this performance.  Here are a couple of the invitations we handed out...

 

 

Here's the card I made for him.  He DOES rock, by the way!  I even made an envelope to match.  Oh, so cute!  :)

 

 I got him a "music" mug and filled it with cashews...his favorite.  And then I attached a little saxophone ornament to the bag, even though the instrument he played for the concerto was the flute (I couldn't fine one of those).   So I decided on a sax, since he plays that too.  He is such a talented guy!  So versatile!

 

 

Oh, I just think that saxophone is so cute!  :) I also got him a pack of his favorite gum!

 

 

Then I put it all in his room on his bed so he would find it after school.

(Good luck and you'll do great, Brandon!)

 



All dressed up for the big night!

 



Brandon and Mom

 



 

Brandon and Dad

 

 

Brandon was one of 6 soloists for the evening.  When we got there, each of the soloist's picture was displayed on a table just outside the auditorium.  It was pretty awesome!  Brandon is on the far right...

 



 

 

And of course my camera always takes blurry shots, but here he is playing his concerto.  The song was like 10 minutes long and he played most of that time with an orchestra behind him.  It was so cool!  He did a wonderful job.  All throughout his song, I was thinking, "Man, kid, take a breath!"  He was playing so fast, it was hard to tell when he snuck one in..  Very impressive!

 



 

It was such a fun night!  Brandon "rocked" his solo and was amazing!  Of course he played in every other song as well and they were all wonderful!  I was so proud of him for all of his hard work and dedication.  He is such a talented musician.

 



We love you Brandon!  You are simply amazing!  Great job!!