Band Camp BBQ!

Since Band Camp is two weeks long, there is a little bit of a lag between the weeks over the weekend. Sure, there are concerts all day on Saturday, and a rehearsal on Sunday, but otherwise there's a void of social activities. Never fear, the Rath's are to the rescue!

We invited some of our closest friends -- and especially the ones we only see when they are in town for Band Camp -- and hosted a dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs, hash brown caserole, chips, cookies and ice cream cake (and "family friendly swill").

Here's a picture of (from L to R) Kelly Montgomery, her son, Jack, Baby Regan and John Carroll.


Brandon Haynes and Tamarie Sayger discuss the finer point of elementary general music counting systems. Yes, we did talk about band stuff. But, hey, that's what we all know and do and that's how all of us know each other, so it seems fitting... Well, Kelly and Kayla talked about motherhood. So, one token non-band conversation.



Jack looks intently while his picture is taken.

While cooking a hot dog for Jack, I managed to knock one off of the grill itself and onto the (less clean) grill lid. So, being that that one was runined, I tossed it into the alley for a stray dog to enjoy later. About ten minutes later, I loaded up a plate with five more and picked it up in an imbalanced way dumping that load. All five went straight to the alley. Fortunately, we had back-ups! But later, when Jack dropped his chip on the ground, having witnessed my earlier hot dog cooking abilities, he decided to throw his chip into the alley also!


L to R: Greg and Kelly Montgomery, Brandon Haynes










L to R: John Carroll, Tamarie and BJ Sayger.







We had a great time and are considering making this an annual get-together!