Another Concert

Thursday night was the Ellis Middle School Choir Concert.  There are two six grade choirs - the first for kids not in band or orchestra and the second for those in band or orchestra.  Zeke is in the second group.  Both sounded extremely good but the second even better than the first.  I suppose the musical talent of the band and orchestra kids may have contributed to their better sound.  Even though the middle school has a nice sized auditorium it is not big enough for everyone to see all the choirs, so after the sixth grade choirs sang everyone who did not have children in the 7 and 8 grade choirs were asked to leave to make room for the other families.  Austin schools have great music programs.  There was a time when budget cuts always went after the music program but that has not been the case for a long time because of all the support of the families and community.

The picture of Zeke at the top is from an earlier Talent Show at the middle school.  While Zeke is a fantastic pianist a friend wanted to sing but only if Zeke would sing with him.  So he sang a duet rather than play the piano.  We didn't get to see this performance however because he wouldn't tell anyone about it.  A friend who went to see their child took this picture and told us he did quite well.  We have never heard him sing so were quite disappointed he did not tell anyone about it.