School Band Performance at Vallco Mall

The kids were quite excited about performing in public in a neighborhood mall the past weekend. The bands from two different schools played together for the first time and did a great job! These kids filled one end of the mall with some cheerful and festive atmosphere and lightened up the shoppers rushing for the holidays.

Los Gatos Children's/Holidays Parade 2010

The rain did give way to the 54th Los Gatos Children's/Holidays Parade last Saturday, and the S'cool Spirit marching band was able to march through Los Gatos downtown without rain or ponchos. There were actually lots of sunshine and the weather was quite warm. We see a lot of familiar faces representing different organizations in the parade too. 

Thanks to Mr. Pennings and the other band teachers, for organizing the bands from 10 different elementary schools, with around 200 students (plus 3 high school band volunteers playing the huge tuba), to participate in this fun and festive event. And thanks to all the parents volunteers helping out. It's amazing how this was put together with just a few rehearsals!

BowHunters Unlimited Turkey Shoot 2010

Even though weather forecast said there would be rain on the BHU Turkey Shoot day, the early morning started with some clear blue sky and it looked promising for the shoot. The turnout was pretty good, with at least 70+ archers, from as small as age 4, came to compete for the turkeys for Thanksgiving. And it was especially fun for the kids to have 3D animals as targets.

However, we weren't quite prepared for the muddy trails, and while walking on the sticky mud, our shoes added at least 10 lbs of "stuff", which we kept trying to scrape off. The rain started to drizzle when we were about half way through. Luckily the lower trail was picked and the tall trees helped shield some of the rain. But when we got back to the shooting range for the delicious hot BBQ lunch, we were still half soaked. And the rain really started to pour after the winners were announced and prizes given out.  It was quite an unforgettable Turkey shoot!