Concert!

Today we had our first concert of the season. It went fairly well. The soloist was amazing and I think that we rose to the occasion of accompaning him. I overheard someone say that they got his autograph because he is going to be famous someday soon. I wouldn't be surprised. I had to be careful not to get too mesmerized during his cadenzas or I'd forget what was coming up next in the music. We worked the most on that piece, the Sibelius, so the Beethoven kind of fell apart in places -- we showed our true community orchestra colors and got the notes most of the time but not the dynamics. Oh well. But the audience still applauded. Eric and Ridge came to hear us play and both were impressed with the soloist as well. Ridge's favorite part is the refreshments during intermission but I'm glad that he likes to come -- he even stayed awake this time! I hope that all my kids have the chance to play in an orchestra someday.