I waved at my mom and grandma before Bradshaw came, since they had waved at me too.

We put our music folder on the stand, and got ready to play.

Bradshaw came last and went to us, "You guys are awesome. You can do this. Remember to make this piece have energy and play as you love this song."

He introduced the crowd to us and told us the pieces we played. The first piece we played was Liberty Bell. It sounded better than last time we played it at the middle school. Next, we played Whale Warriors. We also sounded better with this song now than before. The last song we played was Joy Revisited. Sounded much better as well.

After we were done, Bradshaw told us to go back to the band room to put our stuff away. We were allowed to leave whenever we wanted to leave. I got everything and saw my mom, brother, grandma, and my friend Jake waiting. We were going to take Jake home.

Also, during the concert before we started playing, Alyssa told me something that made me happy.

"I see Bradley."

A smile formed on my lips, "Really? Where?"

She laughed softly and pointed to where he was, "Over there. Do you see him with a grey shirt?"

I nodded smiling, "Ya."

Sadly, I didn't get a chance to talk to him. I regret it too.

My mom and grandma kept congratulating me as we left back to our houses to go home and relax. I got to play video game the rest of the time.