Saturday evening was the 32nd annual Songfest for ND. Each division (Freshmen, Sophomores, etc.) writes a song and practices the hell out of it until they perform it on Songfest night. They choreograph hand gestures and limited dance steps and are judged on various points. Those kids who play intruments make up the band to provide music.

The process includes the entrance song and choreography, the actual song, the exit song, and the song sung before seating themselves in the bleachers. Some years there is no question who is the best. Others, like this year, it's a tough job to make the selection. There are five judges.

The Juniors won this year. They wrote a poignant song about Jerod and how his death brought them together as a class. I cried.

Unfortunately my home room consists of Sophomores so I am a Sophomore advisor. The reason I say this is unfortunate is that I only have one class of Sophomores but I teach ALL the Juniors. I worked with them last year as Sophomores too.

It was a good night. Lots of happy families. I had the chance to see my kids hanging out with the friends they have outside of school. I enjoyed myself.