The school does provide hers now. I'm a booster parent, and we have an amazing program at her middle school! We currently own 9 Tubas! Its unheard of in a middle school and most highschools don't even own half that many!
The boosters raise upwards in the area of 80,000 a year for the band program each year and we have a very well funded program! No child has ever been turned away due to them not being able to provide their own instrument. We have always provided loaners to them all... we own tons of every kind!
The challange this year is having 6 tuba players! We are BLESSED with so many! As tuba players are hard to come by! We have two in begining band and its super important that we take good care of them and groom them well this year so they are ready for Marching band next year as we are losing two of the 8th graders.
The big challenge is that all of these kids will need a tuba to play in school. Thats 4 at school. And they also need one at home for pratice. So thats one at home! That adds up to 12 tubas! We are short one... And at 6grand a pop! We are not running out and buying one right befor parade season, we start the year a bit short on funds. lol
And come highschool, Their program is bare bones! They do not have a good booster program and it is under funded, lots of kids find themselves without instruments... and the tubas, who are still lucky enough to get loaners, do not have the luxury of having a Tuba at home and at school. I would like to solve that one by finding her one now and killing two birds with one stone. For now, she can stay after school and pratice and not keep one at home, and that way one of the new begining band students can take one home... its more important to get them going. Kate is already married to the Tuba, lol.
So.... No switching instruments for her! But I will say... It would be much easier if she played a clairinet! I played it in middel school! lol And my mom didn't need an SUV to get it to concerts!
