Tonight we were able to attend Sky’s middle school orchestra concert.  Wow!  The music they played was noticeably more difficult than what they play in the elementary school concerts.  The program was a mix of classical, holiday, and pop music.  The highlight piece was undoubtedly the Star Wars theme, complete with light sticks attached to the bows.

The music director has obviously done this before.  At the opening of the program, she announced that this is the best the kids will look, so she’d be stepping aside to give us a chance to take our pictures.  We did, and we had a very, very enjoyable evening.

Sky tuning up before the concert

The middle school orchestra.  Sky is in front of the bass ahead of the doorway in the upper right.

“Light sabers” attached to the instrument bows in the darkened auditorium to perform the “Star Wars” theme