Like any delinquent blogger, I must grovel, apologize and state my excuses for not writing in so long. I’ve been too busy doing things (that I will henceforth be writing about) to have the time to actually write about them. In other words, my excuses will shortly become clear as you read what I have been up to!
On Tuesday December 4, I took the orchestra students to the nursing home next door to the school. This doubled as a practice performance for the Christmas concert and a Christmas blessing for the folks in the home. The high school orchestra mixed in several Christmas songs in addition to our classical pieces; I tried to choose songs that are common to both the US and Germany. When the people in the nursing home recognized a song, they started singing along.
At the end, we played “Stille Nacht,” or “Silent Night.” Though I couldn’t see the audience, my high school cellists told me they saw a few people with tears in their eyes. It was a moving end to an enjoyable concert for these people who do not have many opportunities to get out of their sanitary walls.
