This weekend, I think I had the last of the activities, concerts, performances, etc. It has been busy for the last 2 weeks, but it’s over now (until Spring Concert)!
On Friday we had a guest cellist come in – a BFA grad who went on to get his masters in cello performance and now does freelancing in Chicago. He gave one of my students a very helpful cello lesson (we had been saving up questions for him), and talked to the orchestra about his background and how much practicing he did as a performance major! It was really good to glean some cello-teaching advice from him. He gave me a packet of cello technique exercises!
Saturday was a cold, wet day. I ran up to Marzell for the soccer games. Kurt Strietzel (a maintenance man at BFA) brought wood and made a fire. He made lots of friends that day. The field was so foggy, we could barely see the game!
I started running down the hill after the varsity girls’ game (and after the fire wood was gone), but stopped at Blauen (girl’s dorm) to say hi to the dorm mom, and she fed me and made me rest on the couch. I promptly fell asleep. It turned into an hour-long nap! After that wonderful rest, relaxation, and warmth, I ran the rest of the way down the hill (about 10k). I think it took me about half as long to run down as it did to run up!
Sunday was Suzanne Morton’s bridal shower. She’s the music department head, so I gave her some special music: string and piano ensembles and solos! We played a game called “musical boxes” that incorporated the skills of one of Suzanne’s piano students. H.L. played a piece on the piano while the group passed a mystery box around the circle. When she stopped playing, whoever was holding the box had to open it and wear whatever was inside for the rest of the shower.
After the shower, I tried to stop in on the elementary school spring concert. One of my violin students was playing a solo with the kids’ choir, but I missed it! I must have been putting music stands away when he played!!!! Oh nooooo!!!!!!
Well, when there are so many things going on, you can’t do everything. Hopefully someone videotaped the performance.
You are so believably crazy to run up that far anyway and then back down, too. You’re my hero.