The kids are definitely progressing as they keep taking piano lessons. It's fun to see their different strengths coming out. Seth play O Little Town of Bethlehem. Both him and Evelyn were extremely nervous. They could play their pieces without problems at home but in front of the audience they had to take their time. It's good for them to succeed in front of a crowd... the more they do it, the less intimidating it gets to be in front of people. Evelyn played Far Far Away on Judea's Plains. She was shaking... I could see her from the back row, but she played on and succeeded. Sam played The Glory of the Lord from the Messiah. It was beautiful and in true Sam fashion, he was critical of it as soon as he heard the recording. It's okay to make mistakes. Ada tried so hard to practice what she'd been assigned but the week before the recital told me how much she absolutely hated both options that she'd been given... so we dug out all our Christmas music and Ada chose and learned one in a week. I was very impressed. She played it with a lot of maturity too. She played The Baby Named Jesus that was written by Janice Kapp Perry and Val C Wilcox. Because it's a lullaby that others probably had never heard, I printed the lyrics that Ada's Great Grandma had written for people to read while she played. She did very well, and she let me sing with her once while she played here at home. I LOVED it! It made me realize that a lot of the songs that my grandma had written were soon being lost to time because they haven't been digitalized. Maybe I have a new project.
Ada has been taking Guitar at school. We'd never heard her play and it was fun to try out different guitars at the store.
