Finale

It's hard for me to believe that all of the years of recitals and school plays and violin performances and soccer games and field hockey matches and basketball games and track and cross country meets and football half times; all of the concert choirs and all of the band performances- everything, it all comes to an end with this final performance.

I knew at those times that I should treasure every minute of it- from the too tired Friday nights, to the cold rain falling on the stands, to the waiting in the freezing cold car for the game bus to return. I knew even then that it was all irreplaceable and that if I missed it, I would regret it. I knew then that I should drink it all in.

After twenty plus years, it comes to an end, and while you would think I would be prepared for it, the sense of loss is profound.

Everything, as always, is too temporary to me.

So, here we are: a photo from the stands, which is about where the videos were taken from, a couple of clips of mace performances- one during the half time show, one from after. And another, longer clip of Jake singing, nearing the end of the senior show.

I'm surprised to see that the video is unfortunately so blurry. I thought it was only my eyes.

Jake is on the closest ladder.

And for a final reprise, a song that was originally performed from his first season, under George Parks, this time with Jake doing the vocals-



P.S. There is a much better video of the entire after game show here. It runs nearly fifty minutes. If you don't have time to watch the entire thing, watch from the four minute- thirty second mark, and again at the forty minute- ten second mark. My thanks to the person with the steadier hand and better camera than I.