Wolfs Percussion

A bit late, but reflecting on this year of teaching (I don't even know what year I'm on at this point 😅) was more challenging than in years past so that's why it's taken so long.

Actually managed to perform a lot more than I had in a *long* time, which was fun. Always enjoy getting to conduct ensembles outside of our band kids, and getting to turn my director brain off for a few hours and just be a guy in the back of the room hitting stuff. Also enjoyed getting to share the stage with a dear friend, and watching two of my friends perform their butts off.

In a year where I was forced to face my mortality - and by proxy, all of my friends and students were also forced to face it as well - I was reminded of the truest power of music: To heal. To bring people together. To remind you of the beauty that exists when you may lose sight of that because your life is in a constant state of absurdity. I'm grateful to my friends and the kids for showing me so much love and support this year. I'm grateful that, in spite of my health, they were still able to perform so incredibly well so often this year. The trophies from marching band and high ratings at LGPE and NEGPS were great, but seeing the kids perform so beautifully time and again is what truly brought me the most joy.

I mean it in the absolute truest sense when I say I love it here and am so grateful for these 3 years with The Green Team.

I don't think I ever posted the videos from our run at PASIC, so to celebrate day, here are the videos from all three rounds, in order.

The 1st and 3rd videos are the same material, but from a different angle since we had to change the side we were standing on between rounds.

Videos 2, 4 and 5 are the same material but the introductory snare features are different all three times (because of course they are. My boys had heat for days in '18 so I had to let them throw it) and again different angles.

Video 6 was something we literally had practiced maybe 3 or 4 times all year and just never played but decided to throw it in for kicks.

Enjoy some really tasty beats and fun times, courtesy and my (and ) kids when we took PASIC by storm in 2018.

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