Matthew's Band

I belong to a model railroad club. We have members of all ages including one talented fellow, Matthew, who is in High School. In addition to his model railroad skills he also plays in the High School band.

We recently completed a scene on the model railroad dealing with the technology of Star Wars. Matthew mentioned his band would be playing the Star Wars theme music at the "Band-O-Rama" event held at the local high school and that I would enjoy it.  Boy, was he right!

Band-O-Rama is an event in which the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and High School bands all perform in the local high school gymnasium. It is well organized with the bands moving between their seating in the bleachers and onto the floor rather seamlessly.

All bands did a great job of playing their selections of music. At the end the band leaders had all of them playing the same song together. That many instruments really rocked the gym.

Julie and I were sure glad to have gone and thank Mathew for the invitation.

The following video clip is of all of the bands playing together for the finale. That was something to hear...

Augusta Model RR Club Museum display

Augusta Kansas was the location where two rail lines crossed decades ago. The restoration of the train station gave an opportunity for the Augusta Model Railroad Club to construct a model of the rail roads to show the history of the area.

Much research went into the history and appearance of the two railroads in that time period. Club members constructed a display of the crossing and made it historically correct. This was then donated to the City of Augusta for their railroad station museum.

The display case was created from wood salvaged from the restoration of the train station. This added a bit of historical significance.