The Geerdts Family Blog
Trevor made a model of the Globe Theater for his high school English class. The entire model is edible. Here are the ingredients: 43 German chocolate cupcakes 6 Twinkies 4 hard tack crackers almost 1 entire box of graham crackers 1/2 box of Teddy Grahams 1/2 bag of chocolate licorice 23 1/2 cups of powdered sugar …
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Trevor had a great time playing in the pep band before a varsity basketball game tonight. He is wearing a black shirt, playing one of the two snare drums along the side wall (right side of the video). Even the dance team cheerleaders were performing to the band music. Check out the videos under the …
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Trevor played in the Lakeside Christmas Concert today. The best part was the opening percussion ensemble where they played Pat a Pan. See video below. From the front row, it was impossible to see the percussion players who sit at the back of the band. Trevor is in a coral pink shirt on the far …
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Today was a nice fall day between Halloween and Thanksgiving, which means it’s time to put up the Christmas lights on the outside of the house. This is always an exciting event because it involves going on the roof..!
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Trevor and Calvin both played in the 2016 Fall Concert at Trevor’s high school. Calvin plays in the “Cadet” band, which is made up of 5th through 8th graders from local schools. Trevor plays with his high school band. Below are some videos from the concert. Here is the Cadet Band and high school band …
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Trevor’s high school JV soccer team played their last game of the season tonight. It was a brisk, fall evening. The trees are changing colors, and a full moon was out. But it was getting pretty cold as the sun went down, like into the 40’s. Trevor’s team lost this game, but had a chance …
Read More Trevor’s Last JV Soccer Game for the 2016 Season
Tonight was Trevor’s high school homecoming parade and football game. (His school won the game 34 to 21.) The marching band performed in a small parade they had before the game, and also during halftime. A video of the halftime performance is at the bottom of this post.
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Lot’s of soccer today. Calvin’s team played 6 tournament games today. They won their first 4 games, then lost their semi-final and final game. By the 6th game, they were pretty tired. Trevor got to be a referee at this tournament, and had to ref 9 games. The last game that Calvin’s team played was …
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Trevor marched and played the smallest of five bass drums in the Gemuetlichkeit Days parade today. This was his first parade playing a bass drum. He previously played the cymbals in the marching band this past summer. Weather was really nice – sunny, and in the 70’s. But those band uniforms are really thick so the band members were pretty hot. …
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We rented a SeaRay boat on Lake Mendota today for the afternoon. Had a great time cruising around, and even took Calvin and Trevor tubing in front of Monona Terrace and the Capital building. We took the lock from Lake Mendota down to Lake Monona. Lots of fun.
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