Band and Swimming

 The Meigs Middle School band plays at the football games.  Because of some weather and other issues, Wednesday was the first game at which the band actually played.  The game was at the Choctaw High School stadium to allow people to space out more, and it was a lovely night.

The band made its way onto the field after we were seated.  Here's Bode carrying his trumpet.

Here's a shot of Bode seated--he's the middle row at the far left.

The band sounded awesome--I'm very impressed at all the songs they can play.  Ashley took some videos on her phone and posted to Facebook, but I don't have access to them.  We are very proud at how hard he has worked.

Bode had a swim meet today.  Last week, we worried the meet wouldn't go because of Hurricane Delta, but the system was far enough west and we missed the brunt of it (we do feel for those in Louisiana).  Bode swam amazingly well.  Here are some pictures and movies.  First is Bode and Ashley.

Bode swam the 100-IM, the 50-free, and the 100-back getting personal bests in all. For the 100-IM, he shaved five seconds off his time with a 1:15.  In the 50-free, he shaved three seconds off his time and swam a 29.5; and in the 100-back, he swam a 1:14 shaving nine seconds off his best swim.  It's great to see this type of improvement, as he's been working so hard in practices.  Ashley took movies of the 100-IM and the 50-free.  In this first movie, Bode is in Lane 2.

In this next video, Bode is in lane eight.  His teammate, Tripp, is swimming in Lane 7, and it was great to see such a close race between the boys.

Weather is weird here today.  We have sun and then we have clouds and rain; I guess it's some of the bands from Hurricane Delta.  Here's hoping we get a nice Sunday tomorrow :-)