The Tennessee Magazine
Timothy did it! He won 1st Place in the Summer Vacation Shutterbug Contest in the Youth category for “The Tennessee Magazine”. We’ve been waiting and waiting to see how he did, and we finally got notified yesterday. The picture he won with was taken at the Williamson County Fair. I had showed him a few days before going to the fair the tripod for the camera and he got real interested in long exposures. He was taking pictures of the moon at night and glowsticks and cars with trailing lights and rivers and streams. The picture he won with was a long exposure of the carnival area of the fair and shows people blurred as they come and go. It was originally color but he simply saved it as black and white for effect. A special thanks goes out to Robin Conover and her staff and everyone at “The Tennessee Magazine” for their incredible work on the magazine and it’s photos! THANKS!
To the see the photo full size, go to the follow link at his flickr.com account.
Well, Fairview had it’s world famous Christmas parade Saturday. We had marching bands, JROTC, cheerleaders, clowns, muscle cars (boys and their toys), firetrucks, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, politicians, businesses, and horses. Who could ask for more? Timothy, my son, was in the Fairview Marching Band. The picture to the left is him as he marched by. I’ve included all the pictures on my flickr account. You can see the pictures 
I finally got to watch my first marching band competition that Timothy was in. It was held in Waverly, TN. It was a great time — just Jo Ann and I driving up in a quiet van by ourselves. We sat with the other band parents and boosters. Fairview Marching Band took third place for their school size. All the kids were incredible. There was quite a mix in styles. I was very impressed at how well they worked together as bands. The overall winner was Clarksville High School. It was an all day event. We got on the field around 6pm and the last band was around 9pm. Then the award ceremony was held and we got home around midnight. It made for a full and enjoyable day.