Friday, February 27, 2009
Musicfest
Yesterday was Musicfest. The competition which tons of bands compete. Let me set this straight right now, you compete only against yourself. There are three judges who rate your performance; gold, silver, bronze or thank you for participating. Castor Valley played before us. I heard them, and I thought they did really well. They got a silver. (Good job Castor Valleyiens!) Then we played. Our march was good, but lacked the intense dynamics we had last year. Shenandoah was amazing! The horns played awesomely, I am so proud of my section! We rocked. Flashing Winds was okay. We've played it better... We got a bronze. I think that's pretty good but most of my band doesn't. I don't care, because we worked really hard to get there.
Friday, February 20, 2009
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Today was awesome!!!
First we went to Castor Valley, everything ran really smoothly, and the kids were pretty good. The band got really tired by the end though. It was lots of fun. We ended up having to stay at Castor Valley later then we planned too. I saw Brenna. Then we went to Metcalfe public.
Metcalfe was less on time, and lesss organized. Their students were louder, but that meant we got reactions from them. You should have heard the little kids when we brought the marimba up front! It was really cute how excited they got. Castor Valley didn't get that excited... :( Even though we were really tired, I think we played well.
Mom and I are leaving for camp tonight, after she gets back from dropping Brenna off at synchro.
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First we went to Castor Valley, everything ran really smoothly, and the kids were pretty good. The band got really tired by the end though. It was lots of fun. We ended up having to stay at Castor Valley later then we planned too. I saw Brenna. Then we went to Metcalfe public.
Metcalfe was less on time, and lesss organized. Their students were louder, but that meant we got reactions from them. You should have heard the little kids when we brought the marimba up front! It was really cute how excited they got. Castor Valley didn't get that excited... :( Even though we were really tired, I think we played well.
Mom and I are leaving for camp tonight, after she gets back from dropping Brenna off at synchro.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday... One day left until the weekend!
So my Thursday wasn't very great. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. Brenna had a good day though. She had lots of fun at band. Her try out for the Grade 8 All Star Band is tonight. Actually that's where she is right now. I hope she's having fun.
I heard that the President stopped for a beavertail. I heard he got an Obamatail. I have never heard of those before! I haven't really been caring about getting a beavertail, but chocolate and whipped cream sounds really good.
Tomorrow we are going on a feeder school tour. Which means instead of going to class all day, I get to go play band music all day! I am so excited!!! Now tomorrow is looking pretty exciting. But... IT GETS BETTER!!! Oops. No more caps lock. Sorry. Sometimes caps are the only way to express myself on here. Anyways, so we are going to camp this weekend. Not only do I get to have a music filled day, I then get to have a blast of a weekend. And it doesn't end there. I get to clock all of it as community service hours. And I get to work with my Brownies. They are so adorable. and cute. and sweet. yeah. I love working with the Brownies.
But anyways, I might tell you all about it on Sunday. Or I might not, because I'll be so overloaded with homework! :)
Food for thought: QUOTE!!! (oops!)
"The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it." Doug Larson
I heard that the President stopped for a beavertail. I heard he got an Obamatail. I have never heard of those before! I haven't really been caring about getting a beavertail, but chocolate and whipped cream sounds really good.
Tomorrow we are going on a feeder school tour. Which means instead of going to class all day, I get to go play band music all day! I am so excited!!! Now tomorrow is looking pretty exciting. But... IT GETS BETTER!!! Oops. No more caps lock. Sorry. Sometimes caps are the only way to express myself on here. Anyways, so we are going to camp this weekend. Not only do I get to have a music filled day, I then get to have a blast of a weekend. And it doesn't end there. I get to clock all of it as community service hours. And I get to work with my Brownies. They are so adorable. and cute. and sweet. yeah. I love working with the Brownies.
But anyways, I might tell you all about it on Sunday. Or I might not, because I'll be so overloaded with homework! :)
Food for thought: QUOTE!!! (oops!)
"The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it." Doug Larson
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Oops!
Oops! I left something out about the weekend. Mom went swimming too. Sorry Mom. :( I'll try to improve. Random thought for the day: Would you get along with yourself?
Awatto's Transit Strike
Well. Here is your daily dose of wierd stuff. This is a short story I wrote during the transit strike in Ottawa.
Once upon a time there was a village called Awatto. Since the villagers cared about the environment they didn’t buy those gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles. They used horses instead. But the horses began to feel underappreciated. They weren’t getting any oats or carrots, and they certainly weren’t getting enough time to play. When they told the villagers this, for they were magic horses after all, the villagers said, “Nonsense. We feed you hay and grass and you get every night off.” But nighttime is for sleeping, and hay and grass don’t replace carrots and oats. The villagers refused to see this though, so the horses stopped working.
One morning, the horses wouldn’t be caught. The villagers appointed the head villager to work things out. But the head villager was allergic to carrots, so he refused to give the horses what they wanted. They talked and talked but they couldn’t compromise. After a week, several villagers bought gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles. As time went by, more and more villagers joined them. The magical horses, who just wanted to save the planet from pollution, became desperate. They tried to talk some sense into the head villager, but he was very stubborn. After a month with no further progress, the horses got fed up. So they flew away. The rest of the villagers bought gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles, and they did their part in destroying the planet.
Kaitlin Winter
I hope you liked it.
Kaitlin♫
Once upon a time there was a village called Awatto. Since the villagers cared about the environment they didn’t buy those gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles. They used horses instead. But the horses began to feel underappreciated. They weren’t getting any oats or carrots, and they certainly weren’t getting enough time to play. When they told the villagers this, for they were magic horses after all, the villagers said, “Nonsense. We feed you hay and grass and you get every night off.” But nighttime is for sleeping, and hay and grass don’t replace carrots and oats. The villagers refused to see this though, so the horses stopped working.
One morning, the horses wouldn’t be caught. The villagers appointed the head villager to work things out. But the head villager was allergic to carrots, so he refused to give the horses what they wanted. They talked and talked but they couldn’t compromise. After a week, several villagers bought gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles. As time went by, more and more villagers joined them. The magical horses, who just wanted to save the planet from pollution, became desperate. They tried to talk some sense into the head villager, but he was very stubborn. After a month with no further progress, the horses got fed up. So they flew away. The rest of the villagers bought gas-guzzling, smoke-belching vehicles, and they did their part in destroying the planet.
Kaitlin Winter
I hope you liked it.
Kaitlin♫
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tremblant
Hello Everyone!
Yes. The winter family is back. No more shall you come to this web page and say, ugh! They still haven't updated... Which you've been doing for about a year. Kind of sad really, but for now I will try and stay on top of things. You can expect new posts on Monday, the occasional Thursday, and Friday, for now.
Today is Monday, family day. We just got back from Mont Tremblant. We left on Friday, a P.D. day. On Saturday Mom went cross-country skiing, while Dad, Brenna, Richard, and I went skiing at Gray Rocks. Brenna hadn't been skiing in two years but she had a lot of fun! I really enjoyed myself as well.
Sunday Dad and the boys went downhill skiing at Tremblant. All of the girls stayed home, including April!!! That made Brenna's day. It was Alanah's 10th birthday. We hung around all morning. I had homework, and a conference call at 11:00am, for my sort of job. With the effort I am going to end up putting in it might as well be a job, but I'm not getting payed. Strictly volunteer. I am on a national task group of rangers and pathfinders, that is going to plan a national camp. I am getting really excited. Right now we are just getting organized. Okay back on track.
In the afternoon we risked a walk in the local tourist trap, the village. We wandered around. I saw a pair of rubber boots that had music notes all over them. I didn't get them, but it was close. Brenna, Alanah, and Renée went swimming, while Jennifer, April and I went back to the condo. When everyone got home we had supper.
Today, we left. I think everyone had fun, playing games, skiing, and all sorts of other fun activities that I won't mention. Right now, Brenna is at synchro.
Okay so that was a really long post, but you shouldn't have skimmed it! So just to check here is a quiz, if you have to go back for any of the answers, well... I guess I'm disapointed in your lack of focus.
1. Where were we this weekend?
2. Who went downhill skiing on Sunday?
3. What is my favorite hill at Gray Rocks?
4.. Where is Brenna right now?
:P Kaitlin♫
Yes. The winter family is back. No more shall you come to this web page and say, ugh! They still haven't updated... Which you've been doing for about a year. Kind of sad really, but for now I will try and stay on top of things. You can expect new posts on Monday, the occasional Thursday, and Friday, for now.
Today is Monday, family day. We just got back from Mont Tremblant. We left on Friday, a P.D. day. On Saturday Mom went cross-country skiing, while Dad, Brenna, Richard, and I went skiing at Gray Rocks. Brenna hadn't been skiing in two years but she had a lot of fun! I really enjoyed myself as well.
Sunday Dad and the boys went downhill skiing at Tremblant. All of the girls stayed home, including April!!! That made Brenna's day. It was Alanah's 10th birthday. We hung around all morning. I had homework, and a conference call at 11:00am, for my sort of job. With the effort I am going to end up putting in it might as well be a job, but I'm not getting payed. Strictly volunteer. I am on a national task group of rangers and pathfinders, that is going to plan a national camp. I am getting really excited. Right now we are just getting organized. Okay back on track.
In the afternoon we risked a walk in the local tourist trap, the village. We wandered around. I saw a pair of rubber boots that had music notes all over them. I didn't get them, but it was close. Brenna, Alanah, and Renée went swimming, while Jennifer, April and I went back to the condo. When everyone got home we had supper.
Today, we left. I think everyone had fun, playing games, skiing, and all sorts of other fun activities that I won't mention. Right now, Brenna is at synchro.
Okay so that was a really long post, but you shouldn't have skimmed it! So just to check here is a quiz, if you have to go back for any of the answers, well... I guess I'm disapointed in your lack of focus.
1. Where were we this weekend?
2. Who went downhill skiing on Sunday?
3. What is my favorite hill at Gray Rocks?
4.. Where is Brenna right now?
:P Kaitlin♫
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