After staying out till midnight the night before, I woke up Saturday morning (December 8) and went for a refreshing run, then went to school for the day’s first big event: The Dress Rehearsal.
Normally we don’t do a dress rehearsal for Christmas concert, but we had a couple pieces on the program involving multiple groups from both the middle and high school, so we needed to rehearse as a whole group. So from 10am until 12, we practiced. There were still a couple students missing for all or part of the time due to the Saturday basketball games. We left the rehearsal feeling mostly good about the combined pieces, but slightly nervous that we wouldn’t be able to pull it off in the concert!
Then I invited the high school orchestra over to my house for lunch and Christmas cookie decorating. We also sipped hot cocoa and played a Disney song recognition game courtesy of our social chair. It was a fun afternoon!
Then in the evening I went to Strasbourg, France with a student’s family to attend his orchestra concert. He takes lessons and plays in the orchestra at this conservatory. He is currently auditioning for music schools in the States for next year; this opportunity to study in Strasbourg is incredibly valuable to him as he hopes to continue in music!
