O'Fallon, MO

I am finally back in Missouri, my summer home for 2008. :) O'Fallon was a nice town, and the concert had one of our most enthusiastic audiences. There were many students from the local high school and it made the experience lots of fun. This is me with the O'Fallon Fire Department Honor Guard, who presented the colors at the concert. They definitely win the prize for spiffiest uniforms! 

Here is Chris and Colonel Palmatier holding a pre-concert talk with the audience. These are a great chance to get to know members of the band and ask any burning questions about what we do. 

We are staying in O'Fallon for two days so that our many chamber groups could go play and have master classes in local schools. My group went this morning and it was an enjoyable chance to interact with students. Tomorrow we are off to Rolla, which is right near Ft. Leonard Wood!