The White House

In October 2024 Quinn submitted his audio audition for the California All State Band which he had been working on with his tuba instructor Mike Freed. And on November 16 he found out that he made it! What an incredible achievement for Quinn. There were 6 kids from Westlake High School that made All State.

The All State Band is held in Sacramento and is a 4 day event where they spend time rehearsing, meeting with clinicians, and also watch other bands perform. On Thursday morning, we dropped Quinn off at the Sacramento Conference Center and said good bye until Sunday. The kids stay at the Sheraton across the street from conference center and have a full schedule.

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The Westlake High School Regiment has been working hard this fall and based on their performance over the season they made it to the Championships (the top 12 teams qualify) on Saturday, November 23.

A couple of nights ago the Regiment performed their show called “Maiden Voyage” for family & friends at a community night. The show “Maiden Voyage” is a shipwreck in reverse so at the end of the show the ship comes back together. Here’s the full band on the ship. Quinn is all the way to the left.

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We are slowly starting to look at colleges. We toured Tulane when we were in New Orleans in January. Next stop University of California San Diego. It’s a huge school with over 30,000 undergrad students. It is its own little city with a Target right on campus. But some of the dorms have ocean views and it’s only a 15 minute walk to the beach. Can’t go wrong with La Jolla/San Diego. And, it’s a very well respected school. We like that it’s close enough to make a weekend trip but far enough to give Quinn some space. It’s definitely in consideration.

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