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The queen’s birthday party was last Saturday. This party was in memory of the Queen of England which they celebrated her birthday on the last Saturday. The party began at the morning but since the CDS band was going to play on the party the teacher told us we could be there at 1 o’clock pm. We were not the only ones play in the party there were other bands and typical dances also on the stage. Are presentation started at 1:35. We played about eight to ten songs. I think that in overall we didn’t play very well because there were some mistakes in some songs we have to fix, but I think the good thing is that the audience didn’t recognizes them so we were satisfied with are results we ended up having. After the presentation we had to work in cleaning up the stage for other peoples presentations. We had to also put are instruments and the whole percussion set up that we brought from the school away in a bus that are teacher rented. After that were walking all over the place to see what we could so we stop and got some hamburgers and hot dogs that were really good. Other people also ate some Indian food which they seemed to liked eat. After we ate that their was a stand for TBCY which there we ate some very good flavors of ice cream. At the end almost everything was over so we walk until all are parents were in the British ambassadors house to pick us up. While we were walking we saw some delicious drinks so we didn’t have enough money so they told us we could have it for free so then all the band members came and took the last parts of the drinks. I think going to a different was a nice experience and I am looking forward to next years Queen’s Birthday Party.

The band trip was on April 11, 2008 which was on a Friday. We left in the afternoon which means that we had to go to school that day. At the afternoon we had to be ready to leave by four o clock. We left in a very nice bus. It was a five star bus with bathroom, curtains, and the seat were reclinable which made the trip relaxing. When went  to Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica we had to pass into many curves and including a mountain called “cerro de la muerte”. In the trip I got a headick because there were curves for about 1 hour and a half. We arrived there at night just for dinner. We ate dinner and then we went to are rooms to sleep and relaxe for the next day. On Saturday we had breakfast early in the morning and then we waited for ten minutes to leave to meet another band in Perez Zeledon. We had a rehearsal with them for three hours it was very exhausting. Later we went back to the hotel to have lunch and get ready for the night concert which we had to play we and the Perez Zeledon band together. We all dressed black and white. The concert was completely fulled and the two bands together sound very good and maybe like professional bands. When the concert was over we went back to the hotel and had dinner and then we went back to sleep for the next day. On Sunday we woke up early to go to a big house with pools and soccer fields. On the way we picked up the other band so we could know better them and be friends. First we met to a big pool and we played a lot of games. We had lunch which was the best lunch in the whole trip. At the end we played a soccer game. CDS band against Perez Zeledon we tied. When we return to the hotel we got ready for are last concert in the hotel it was a nice concert. At the end of the concert we had dinner and it was are last  night at Perez Zeledon. At the morning we packed up and then we had breakfast. Later we played a little bit of pool and then we had lunch. After lunch we check out and went back to San Jose, Costa Rica. I think this band trip was really good and I enjoyed it a lot.

Baseball season started in March 30, 2008 the first game was played in Washington Dc. The first game was actually in Japan between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics in a two game series. I think that the season started not very well because not all there players have reached there best. I think this is because they didn’t play in about 4 months so there actually trying to reach there best. I also think that some very good teams that experts have predict that they would reach the divisional playoffs have started really poor. They are not playing well and haven’t scored too many runs and this couldn’t be happening because to the teams that they are having problems are the ones that have the best offense in the league. For example the Detroit Tigers have lost every game of this season and they have one of the best offenses and defenses of the whole major leagues. Many players have got injured just for one week since the season started which means that all the teams will struggle throughout the league. Another fact is that the worst teams have started better than than the best teams of the leagues. Another example is the New York Yankees have a outstanding team for this years season and they haven’t score 5 or more runs on all their games. I think that this season won’t be the best of all but still some interesting things could happen. 

In April 1 I did a baseball tryout for the major leagues. It all started in Saturday March 29, 2008 when a scout of the MLB came to the Sabana park and saw my team play. He stayed the whole practice watching us however I didn’t see him and I never knew he was a scout. At the end of the practice he got near and he said hi to our coach and he started talking with him. Later the coach said that we could leave except for three players me and other two kids in the team. He started telling us about are talent and that we could reach the best league in the world the MLB. At the end he told us we had to go to the national park of baseball of  Costa Rica at Tuesday April 1 at 7 pm. At Tuesday my dad took me and we arrived there. I was very nervous because many new things could have happen to me in this baseball test or tryout. When I went inside he started talking with the parents of the four players. The four players where two of my team and another kid from a different team and me. The first thing we did was to warm up because it was very cold. The first test was arm strength which is to throw the ball as far as we could. I beat all of them by 5 centimeters. The second test was long distances running it was very exhausting, however I won the test by milliseconds. The last test was swing velocity and power swing. I also made the highest percentage, which my swing was at 72 miles beating one of my team by two miles. At the end he told us that all of us are really good and that we had to keep on practicing more to be better players. When my dad and I left the stadium I felt really satisfied that I did a better than the other kids which means I have more possibilities to reach the leagues.