Miss me? The past few weeks have been crazy busy, and I haven’t had much time to sew. Hopefully I’ll have something to show later today or tomorrow. And what have we been busy with, you ask? Kid stuff! Our high school is putting on “Hairspray”, and both my sons are leads. DS the Elder plays Corny Collins
DS the Younger plays Link Larkin
Proud mama that I am, I think my boys both did a phenomenal job. The entire cast is wonderful. We are lucky to have an excellent music program in our school system. All the leads were great, and some were real standouts, including Motormouth Maybelle, Penny Pingleton, Velma von Tussle, Tracy Turnblad and my personal favorite, Edna Turnblad. Congratulations to all of the cast and crew! You should all be very, very proud.
In other news, DS the Elder has now been accepted into 4 of the 6 colleges he’s applied to. We’re still waiting to hear from the last two. He’s been accepted into the honors colleges of two of them, and the marching bands at them are actively pursuing him. Yowzers! During February vacation, he visited UMich, where he got a personal tour of the Big House by the incoming marching band director:
Now we just gotta figure out how to pay for it. Being in the middle class sucks.
Happy sewing!
Exciting times at your house! Congrats to everyone!
Congrats!! Way to go! High five to Hoover (can’t leave my man out)!
Congratulations!!! Big 10 Schools have the best Marching Bands!! Good Luck . Sorry we are not Michigan Fans we are Illini Fans.
Congrats! You must be very proud of your sons. Talented AND smart!
Congrats! I’ve never spent any time at UMich, but I’m going to be there for part of the summer and I’m looking forward to it.
Congrats to your sons. College marching band is a lot of work but so much fun!
Congratulations! Having been there, and done that (twice), I wish for you the success that our kids had when they finally made up their mind. Those are terrific choices…can’t guarantee lack of angst, but it is a lot of fun when you look back, even the financial maze…really! Hmmm…Michigan…you thought you were in the snow belt now? OY!
Great family news!
Great news for both your sons! Good luck to DS the elder with his choice of colleges. But gosh, aren’t you guys sick of snow? What’s wrong with the South? lol.
It’s funny, Carole – we suggested Duke, Johns Hopkins and other more southerly universities to him, but he wanted to stay up here. Go figure. My parents wouldn’t let me go to any college where I couldn’t commute from home.
Congratulations to your son! As a PROUD Michigan alumna, I have to say that there is no place like the Big House on a football Saturday. And to experience it as a marching band member?! Outstanding!
How exciting for your son and family!
Yay for Michigan! I grew up here and still live in A2, about a mile from the stadium, and work for the U. Ann Arbor is a great city and the marching band is excellent, too!
As a Michigander, I was also happy to see your mention of Snapsource, too!
My employer! Hope you enjoyed your visit and how cool to get a personal tour of the Big House! Just read a quote today by a former band director, William Revelli: “You don’t teach music. You teach people through music.” Good luck to your son no matter where he goes.