The new year has come and new and exciting challenges are already coming my way. After the school concert the basketball coach for the boys varsity team liked my performance so much that he asked me to play the "Star Spangled Banner" for one of his home basketball games. I gladly accepted. I have been getting ready for my all county band audition. The music isn't very hard, but that drives me to perfect it even more. Also I have been forced to play the Haydn Trumpet Concerto for Solo and Ensemble festival. If I get a great score and make it to states and get a great score at states I will be featured at the school's spring concert, but the thing is that I only have one month to get ready for all of this. All county and Solo and Ensemble festival are in the same month. So I'm getting ready for 2 things at once. Also all the schools in the county are coming together to form one huge marching band and we will be playing for the governor in 1 week and 3 days. We will be playing the chart "Sing, Sing, Sing". It's not very hard but our band teacher in particular does want for us to memorize it. I am looking forward to the experience because I barely ever get to play with big bands. So it's going to be cool playing with a 200+ member band and a huge trumpet section with some of the best trumpeter's in the county. I'm really excited about everything. I will be keeping you guys up to date on how everything is going for me.