December photo 19

I remember my sister at her cello recitals, and every year having to pick out a nice, big skirt for her to wear so she could get the instrument between her knees. B got lucky and got to wear black pants, but something of the elegance is gone. She had a recital with the junior high orchestra students and the String Academy students (4th and 5th grades) on Tuesday night. The boy to her left is a 5th grader, but the other cellist in her class didn't get to come! :-( I will post some video on the other blog.

December photo 15

I like the genuine laugh that I captured on this shot.

September Photo 28

Here they are, playing together . . . we have plans for Christmas music.

September Photo 27

Here she is! We got a half-size cello this afternoon. She has a CD to play along with, and her instructor said they were not allowed to use the bow yet. It's plucking the strings only! He also said to not mess with any of the tuning---but this instrument was Very out of tune on one string. She was only playing two notes on open strings, but I couldn't help myself---I had to fix the A string. He can fix it better for her on Tuesday.

Didn't Rachel sit on that chair to play, too??

February photo 4

Colorful musical instruments

Day 256---Saturday

J will start working on Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr. with his theater group this fall. He knows my favorite number is 3, so he pulled me in his room one night to listen to his tape of this song. I brushed up on my three times table just listening to it. :-)