He hates to toot his own horn, but Toot-Toot!

Another great musical opportunity in the Cory Fam occured for Spencer last weekend.

Spencer (on alto sax) was in a brass quartet with Paul (trombone), Mike (tenor sax), and Josh (trumpet) for a regional music festival. The boys decided to be in this quartet late last December, when the festival seemed very far off in the future. The week of, a small sense of urgency set in and they practiced a little more than they had been up until then, and in the end, they did OK. The group received a II (on a scale of I-IIIII, I being the best).

Lessons were learned...

Spencer also had the opportunity to be in a larger, all-saxaphone, all-the-time ensemble. Mr. Price (that's all Spencer knows about him, but I think he's sort-of famous), brought his huge collection of saxaphones. His "job is saxaphoning" (says Spencer) and he has many, many kinds of saxs, and allows students to play them for festivals and such. The largest sax (on the right) is called a Contra-Bass Saxaphone and is, well, huge. Spencer's good friend Henry is the one that was chosen to play it. Spencer played tenor sax for this ensemble. This group practiced MUCH more together, 1-3xs per week, and it paid off! They received a I from the judge!!

Again, lessons were learned!

Again, this is understandably more interesting, cute, fun, etc. if you are the proud parent...or maybe grandparent. All other blog readers get extra friend points for watching the clips to the end!
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