Honors Orchestra Clinic

Oh the proud look on Soren’s face! The BUSD Honors Orchestra clinic was this weekend. Soren auditioned for the 7-8th grade orchestra and got in! He worked very hard to learn the music and it was a challenge for him, but his efforts paid off and he played it well. This was his first time with an experience like this and he learned so much! Even little things like stand partner etiquette was such a great opportunity. Soren was happy to have friends Tommy Bingham and Naomi Glover in his orchestra and he made friends as well. 

Corbin also made Honors Orchestra and played in the high school ensemble. One gift Corbin has as a musician is that he can play very fast and intricate runs and scales of music with precision and good intonation. One of their pieces was full of these and it was his time to shine. He has text threads where cello buddies who are in Chamber orchestra are asking for a video of him playing for them to listen to and help with their own. Corbin loved being with friends (especially Charlie, a beautiful and talented violist) all weekend, and it was cool to do this with his brother. 








Bishop Blake was at the concert in full support of his Sugar Creek youth. He loves them so well and can be spotted at concerts, recitals, and basketball games, gymnastics meets, ballet performances, you name it,  and the youth really love him right back. It’s great to see. 





Soren is so blessed to have Ms Kaiser and Ms Austin to encourage him to grow his talent. 

We are blessed to have incredibly gifted music instructors in the district. They pulled in very knowledgeable clinicians. 

The SBO board hosted a breakfast for the teachers and clinicians at Ross Cutlers home in Bentonville. I helped Amy Bingham with this endeavor and we got to visit for a long time with her and Cami Austin. We talked about our missionaries and caught up on our other kids. I serve on the SBO board with Amy so we meet often but this was just a nice ministering visit that showed me how much I’ve missed my sugar creek ward family. 

Amy and cami, and BUSD orchestra directors (minus Mr Collett and Mr Jutzler who had to return to class for playing tests.) 

I made cinnamon rolls for the breakfast, as well as seminary kids. It’s so cold they took hours to rise and I was up until 3am baking them, and then got up at 5 to frost them.  I was  nervous because they weren’t as picture perfect as usual but they were so yummy!  This recipe is my favorite. 

Aaron and I sat with Quincy (who was too bust with EMT to audition for Honors- or learn the advanced music for a chamber intensive ensemble she would have been placed in. But she was happy to come support her friends at the concert!) and Jerushia and Ella Dyer, and Ella’s friend at the concert. 

It was a wonderful weekend.