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[quote=Anonymous]My child will be at Julius West next year for 6th grade. The last 2 years, he's done clarinet (4th) and saxophone (5th) as a band instrument. 1 year of clarinet was required before moving to sax, his preferred instrument.

He's not always excited to practice, but I remind him that practice is how you get to move to cooler and better pieces. When I ask him to practice now, he'll do each song about once and stop there.

We're beginning the registration process. I have my concerns about him taking band as an actual class, not a once a week "specials" sort of thing. However, this decision is 100% his, although I'd like to give him perspective of others. We know other kids at JW, but not in band. They are mostly doing the Arts Rotation this year. From the information meeting last night, I don't know if he'd really like the Arts Rotation.

Just curious how band has worked at your MS - is there expected "HW" (practice outside of the regular class). I would expect additional practice prior to school concerts.

Thanks for your input. [/quote]

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