Strike Up the Band!

"The John Philip Sousa Award is an optional award a high school band director may award to one of his students. It is restricted to one per school per year. The award recognizes superior musicianship, dependability, loyalty, and cooperation." Now that I've set the stage, I want to say how very proud and humbled I felt last night when my son, a junior, was named the recipient of this year's John Philip Sousa award. His band director praised him particularly for his leadership and for being the "rock-solid backbone" of the band. His dad and I are so proud of Tyler's hard work and for the example he set for all of the other musicians in the Panther Band!