Honor Band

Both Andrew and Ryan made it to the San Bernardino County Honor Band this year. Ryan was nominated by his band teacher Mr. D and Andrew had to audition and he made it. So after 3 long rehearsals, the performance was Saturday night. Both bands were amazing! I cannot believe how quickly these kids can pick up this music.

This is Ryan with his director Mr. Doug Kruse. He works at Barstow High School and has had a life long career in music education. He did such an excellent job with the kids and commented on how wonderful they were to work with!

Here is Andrew with his director Dr. John Lee Whitener. He is the Director of the innovative Master of Arts in Teaching Music program at USC. He trains all public school pre-service music teachers. He is very distinguished in his music career and just praised the Junior High band for their excellence in music.

This is the boys band director Mr. Dingeldein, Mr. D! What an awesome man he is. Andrew and Ryan absolutely love him! They have learned so much in such a short amount of time! What a privilege it is to say that he is my kids band teacher. Riverside Prep hit the jackpot with Mr. D! Such an enjoyable evening we had listening to our kids play in these Honor Bands! They worked so hard and we are so proud of them. Ryan went to school an hour early every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for 3 weeks to prepare for honor band. What an awesome job he did!