All That Jazz

On Sat. D and I had a "date night" that consisted of dinner at Volcano Burger, jazz concert at my old high school and Starbucks. D had never been to Volcano Burger, so since it is right across from LAHS, I thought it would be a good time for him to try it. For those of you who don't know, Volcano Burger:LAHS::Peach Pit:BH 90210. Heh.

After freezing outside in line, we watched the middle school band, LAHS Jazz I and The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band. I was impressed with the middle school...watch out for them in a few years. They played charts from the same composers that we used to use...Bill Liston, Tom Kubis, etc. Ah, the memories. It was good to see Mr. Wackerman teaching for his 49th year--amazing! The GGBPB was enjoyable. They all seemed to really love what they were doing. They played a nice range of music, and even poked fun at their all-white-male-ness by playing their own arrangement of "Play That Funky Music White Boy".

The concert ended at around 7:30 and the night was still young so we went to the Cypress Starbucks and shared a grande Marble Mocha Macchiato. We saw all these Asian kids studying and it made me glad to be past that stage of my life.