Anders performed with Steindal Skolekorps at Trøndersk Mesterskap 2018 today, the Trønder regional band championships. Bands from all over the region came to compete, from little kids as young as 8 to adults. There were bands playing in 3 different areas from 9-5, a real showcase of music.
They were all adorable in their uniforms (even if Anders’ uniform was originally made for a shorter and wider kid, and the light was tough for photos). Most older kids had medals hanging from their uniforms too, some of them looked like 5-star generals for all of the years they had been participating.
For their performance, Anders’ band 
played All About That Bass, Nordnorsk Julesalme, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Most bands had a mix of a pop song, a Norwegian song, and a cinematic song.
Anders and I went back to the evening concert and awards ceremony–Olavshallen is beautiful and the Ila brass band was fantastic. Ila is a neighborhood in 
Trondheim, so it was people from that neighborhood. I don’t think that they are professional musicians, but maybe some of them are in other contexts. Their director had some big credentials, as far as I could tell from the Norwegian leading the show.
It is common to have adult bands here. They also brought up a bunch of the littlest kids to play for the whole auditorium with the brass band, it was pretty cute. Anders’ band did not fare well in the awards, but they sounded great to us!
