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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it depends a lot on how important the instrument is to the kid.  My middle kid never practices and is not heavily invested.  I would not make other kids miss activities for that.
Also, I will say that if my MS kid’s team had to forfeit (or lost because they didn’t have subs) because his teammate was attending his 4th grade brother’s band concert…I would be a little irritated.  [/quote]

Sorry, but I don’t care if you are irritated, and I have two kids who play travel sports. Supporting family members during a ONCE A YEAR concert, even if it’s 4th grade, is more important than a middle school sports game.  But we specifically chose a team where the games aren’t more important than the rest of your life. [/quote]

I'd hope the coach would remove him from the team--especially if it's a travel team or other team that you have to try out for.

-Not the pp you quoted.[/quote]

For missing one practice/game to support a sibling’s once per year concert? You all are nuts. This is what’s wrong with youth sports (and the parents), and we are deep in it. We don’t play with people who do not value family, so I am not worried about getting kicked off a team for missing a game or a practice to support a sibling.[/quote]

I have never known a middle school band program with a single concert a year.

A travel game, and a practice are two totally separate things.  Missing a travel game, where other kids' experience is impacted is no different than pulling your instrumentalist, particularly if they are the only kid on that instrument from one of the.2 - 4 concerts an elementary school band would have, to watch their sibling's once a year sports final.

Either way, it shows a [b]lack of commitment[/b] to the program.[/quote]

Girl, please. I have slogged through the wind, rain, and heat for travel baseball. I have scored, and my DH has coached, HUNDREDS of baseball games. I have scored games in rain and hail. When kids on our team need a ride, they call us. Because…we are ALWAYS there. So anyone who has a problem with my family attending a band concert can suck it.[/quote]

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