Lauren and friends competed yesterday at a state band contest that was held at Illinois State University. The band was awarded first place in their division and was one of the top five bands overall. I tried to record the performance on my iPod, but discovered one of the issues with the recording function. Without a completely full battery or running on an AC adapter, the recording will actually skip (like a scratched vinyl record) every 30 seconds or so. I’ll need to plan a little better next time in order to get a good recording of their performance.