Wednesday, December 24th: "Tuba Holiday" of the Salem Concert Band (in Salem,
Oregon). John got to stand in front of the ensemble to compare his tuba with
an F-Alphorn. A fun concert: see a whole bunch of tuba players laughing during
their rests in the last picture.
Saturday, December 6th: Christmas concert of the Ohlone band program. First
two pictures of the massed brass ensemble, playing David Lovrien's arrangement
of "Adeste Fideles" (first photo by Jasper Gong).
Then the Ohlone
College Community Band:
November 5, 2014: Fall concert of the Ohlone College Community Band:
Only for history buffs and high school sophomores: The life and beheading of King Charles I.
And two sound recordings of the orchestra, first playing Verdi's Overture to Nabucco (which is good for a solo bow from the low brass), then the last movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony:
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Saturday, August 02, 2014: Final concert of the Cazadero music camp, high school session. No pictures yet (have to pull them out of the video recording), but the video is online on youtube. John was in the concert band, not in the symphony orchestra for this concert.
June: Saratoga High School Band and Orchestra trip to Spain. THIS WEB PAGE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED YET. Please go to our main web page with full-size pictures or to the student's facebook page for pictures.
Sunday, October 20th: Before and after the West Valley Silver Lightning 99 won
1st place in their divison tournament.
Friday, October 4th: The SHS marching band doing their field show at the
halftime of the football game. In the second picture, John is the leftmost
sousaphone.
Monday, September 2nd (labor day): Scaffolding, on the south side of
the house, on wooden platforms, to repair the gutters.
Tuesday, July 2nd: Flying a kite at Agate Beach:
Sunday, June 9th: Soccer game against Belmont Fury Red:
Friday, June 7th: 8th grade promotion ceremony
Tuesday, June 4th: Notes and Floats, the final band concert of
middle school. First Jazz band, then symphonic band:
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Saturday, April 20th: Sound recordings from the RHMS Symphonic band
at the CMEA Large Ensemble festival:
Announcement
Kindred Spirits
Holst: First Suite in Eb: Chaconne
Holst: First Suite in Eb: Intermezzo
Holst: First Suite in Eb: March
Saturday, February 9th: At the CMEA solo & ensemble festival
competition; the judge talking to John after the performance.
Saturday, February 2nd: The middle school band playing at Disneyland.
Sunday, January 6th: Christmas party at Robin's and Robert's house:
Playing and singing carols (photo courtesy of Robert, with
John P. singing in the background):
Saturday, January 5th: First Rugby game of the season. John (scrum
half, number 10) with his new club, the Palo Alto Seahawks, in the
Middle School team.
Saturday, December 15th: Soccer tournament at Yerba Buena High School. It was
cold (about 40°F or 5°C), windy, and raining. First game against the
Mount Hamilton PAC Strikers, John in goal (yellow jersey); his team lost 0:5 or so.
Second game against Redwood Barcelona; John's team lost 0:3.
Sunday, December 16th: Last game of the tournament, against the San Jose Willow S.C.
Wizards.
John's team won 2:1; John was playing midfield and scored the second goal.
Saturday, November 18th: Coach gives a speech to the team after the soccer tournament in
Morgan Hill.
Saturday, September 29nd: Soccer game, against San Bruno. John in goal (yellow jersey).
Tuesday, July 10th: Linda and John along the Oregon coast. The concrete structure is a dock
that broke loose in Japan during the tsunami and washed ashore here.
Saturday, July 7th: Final concert of the Cazadero music camp. Still photos of
the choir, and John in the choir.
April 3rd: In the afternoon was the last soccer game of the season: Rolling
Hills Eagles against Union Middle School (no pictures). In the evening, band concert:
March 24th: After the CMEA Solo & Ensemble Competition.
The little blue paper is the "Command Performance" certificate.
March 11th, 18th and 25th: Rugby games against East Palo Alto (red jerseys
black shorts), Lamorinda (black jerseys black pants without numbers), and Los
Gatos (black jerseys with white stripes and orange numbers).
Friday, March 2nd: Rolling Hills Middle School Band field trip to
Disneyland in Anaheim. Here are a few highlight pictures.
Parents and students: You can see all the pictures I took by sending me an e-mail.
February: Away games of the Santa Clara Youth Rugby U12 team (in
blue jerseys, John is number 15, the fullback), at Danville and
Marin:
January 11th: Concert of the Campbell School District's joint
symphonic band and honors band. The first picture is from the
Campbell Patch newspaper, by Marla Sanchez.
November 2011: John with his birthday present.
Rehearsing for the first time in the very back of the Ohlone College Tuba Ensemble, conducted
by Teacher Tony:
Last game of the season for the Stingrayz:
October 27th, 2011: First concert of the Rolling Hills Symphonic Band this school year:
March 2011: John and his friend Cameron went skiing at Bear Valley,
and we stayed at Robert's cabin. The snow was falling so heavy on
Sunday that we couldn't take pictures.
February 2011: John in a rugby game:
December 2010: Christmas band concert at Rolling Hills Middle School.
John is in the last row, with his bass clarinet:
November 2010: John as the goalie for the soccer team:
October 2010: John on his motorcycle, at the Hollister OHV park (Ralph in the background):
May 2010: The craziest thing we've ever done in the forest: We pulled a new
watertank from our road up the slope to the ridge line. The tank is
9' (3m) diameter and height.
2009: Pictures from motorcycle riding.
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