Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas gang! I hope it has been the best one ever for you. We spent Christmas morning at home. My sister and her family always come for breakfast. It was a great time. The inlaws dropped in for a bit and we visited with them. Christmas night we went with some friends to their parent's house for dinner. It was a fabulous day of family, friends, food (what little I could eat!) and just celebrating the birth of Jesus with those who mean so much to us. At our friend's gathering we even had a birthday cake and sang Happy Birthday! It was cool. Enjoy the rest of your time off! Check in here every now and then. You never know what you'll find.

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Greetings from Disney

Hey gang! Internet has been sparse here in paradise. Sorry I've been away so long. We've had a great week. We spent a day each at Animal Kingdom, MGM, Magic Kingdom and Epcot. Angie and I even escaped the fam for a bit and ran over to Cocoa Beach for some quiet time together. (How romantic - time on the pier enjoying the view of the Atlantic, a walk on the beach, and dinner at a great seafood restaurant on the beach, outside in the warm evening air.) The parks are cool. It's been fun being with the whole crew, but that afternoon/evening with Angie was special.

Tonight we saw the Reflections of Earth fireworks, jumbotron, laser light music extravaganza at Epcot. Those of you who have been here know how cool it is. WOW!!! For the Christmas season they added a second finale and it was WAY over the top awesome. Seth squealed and jumped up and down. The kids all cheered and the adults all cried. It was VERY Disney - top notch and incredible.

We're having breakfast with all the Disney characters in the morning - oh boy - taking one for the team there. Then Angie and I are taking Mary and her family to the beach for the day. I'll be home Sunday. More news tomorrow though - maybe even a video clip.

I miss you guys. Love ya!

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p.s.
I'm sorry to report it's been sunny and 80 degrees here every single day!

An Evening at the Blue Room

Purple Jazz will present "An Evening at the Blue Room" tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium at the H2O Student Center on Main Street. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. It will be an enjoyable and ecclectic mix of jazz, fusion, blues and Christmas music. Come enjoy the show.

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Limo Lunch

Brianna, Nate, Jacob, Ronnie, Lyndsey and Zeke will be going on the Limo Lunch ride Friday at Noon. Congrats to these 6 high sellers!! Way to go!!

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Funny Video

Tracie getting scared by Coats! Sorry TW!! But this is funny!!

Wow! What A Concert!!!

You guys blew me away! Fantastic job!! I received so many great compliments on you yesterday. Even after we left, as I saw folks in town, they were raving about the fabulous job you did. Your performance was tremendous. Your behavior was wonderful. I'm so proud of you. You even looked great!

I'm looking forward to wrapping up this semester and heading home for the break. We will be working this week on reading some new music, working all region tryout music (tryouts are just a couple of weeks after we come back!), and recording some stuff. We have a great Spring planned with the trip to Dallas, the great music we're going to be playing, and many other events.

Please make plans to attend the jazz concert at H2O on Thursday. The jazz groups will be presenting their program in a little different way. It's going to be funn. Show starts at 7:00.

Again - CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm VERY proud of you!

Merry Christmas
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Senior Chili

Senior Chili is postponed due to conflicts some of the seniors have. I'll post the new date as soon as we set it.
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Concert Info

The Christmas Concert is Sunday, Dec. 10. Call time for the HS Band is 1:00. Call time for percussion is 12:30. Dress for the concert is usual concert attire. Guys - dress shirt, tie, slacks and dress shoes. Ladies - dresses or blouse and skirt, or nice pant suit.

The show starts at 2:00. Immediately afterward we will strike the stage, load out and reset for the evening church service. The church is so gracious in allowing us to use the facility. Let's make sure we put it right before we leave.

We need help loading percussion equipment after school on Friday. We will load the trailer then so it will be ready for Sunday. Please let me know if you'll be able to help us. Thanks.

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