The Geerdts Family Blog
This weekend was the weekend that it’s OK for Trevor and Calvin to be seen with their parents at college. It was a great time for Jen and Dan to spend some time with the boys and we even rented an apartment for the weekend. Trevor played in the pep band for a volleyball game, …
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Today was the return of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Milwaukee. This parade was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the global pandemic but it came back this year. St. Patrick is the patron saint of engineering, so MSOE has a spot in the parade. The MSOE Sound Engineers marched in the …
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Calvin played in his high school’s live concert this past Sunday, to a small audience limited at two people per band member, socially distanced in the high school gym. Here are a few pictures of Calvin, and you can watch the performance on the school’s Livestream channel (linked below).
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Trevor’s high school percussion ensemble played several pieces at the Night of Percussion held at Kettle Moraine Lutheran. You can watch the videos of Rapid Transit, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, and Mujer Latina below.
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This afternoon was the Fall Concert for the Lakeside Band. Trevor plays percussion (tenor drums) and Calvin plays trumpet. You can watch the performance in the videos that follow the pictures below. And last but not least, here is the final performance of Estancia. This was played by the band for the all their summer …
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Today our high school marching band performed in Darlington, WI. The video below is spliced together from two different cameras. Enjoy..! The percussion section had a bonus opportunity to T-pose Bucky Badger as he walked by during warm up..!
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Trevor and Calvin’s high school marching band performed at the 2018 Appleton Flag Day Parade. The weather was in the low 70’s which is very good for a parade. Check out the video of the cadence and the drill below.
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Trevor’s high school band and choirs performed a really nice Christmas Concert this evening. Videos of two band performances are below. Carol of the Bells, by the Percussion Ensemble Trevor is playing the tambourine on the left side of the video. African Holy Night, by the entire band Trevor is playing the egg shaker on …
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Trevor and Calvin played in a fall band concert at Trevor’s high school today. Calvin played his trumpet in the Cadet band for 5-8 grade students. Trevor played the small bass drum in the high school band. Enjoy the videos below. Cadet band playing Walk Like an Egyptian (below)…. High school band (below)… Special …
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Homecoming for Trevor’s high school was this week. Friday afternoon, the band was in a small parade down the local Main Street. Friday evening, Trevor played bass drum in his high school band for the pre-game show and halftime performance. You can watch the video below, and there’s more photos after the video. On Saturday …
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