J and I enjoyed a pleasant hour listening to cute Preppies (how little they seem!), Grade Ones and Grade Twos performing on various instruments.
Some were accompanied by their music teachers.
Some were performing publicly for the first time.
One little girl had stage fright when her turn came and her mummy went on stage with her. That drew lots of sympathetic Ahh's and Aww's from the audience. When she did eventually play, she actually did very well.
As Rebecca (Beth's music teacher, who came to support her students) said, it was good the girl conquered her fear and got on with her performance. If she had given up then, it would be much harder the next time.
There were some virtuosos. I am thinking Joshua J (Poseidon's Throne and Arabesque, played with flourish and without score) and Jerry D (Fur Elise).
Beth's performance was one of the shortest: 36 sec was all it took on my videocam. Was so relieved that she made it through without a single mistake. That's awesome considering how she plays at home. Maybe she needed the adrenaline rush to give her that extra edge.
We're rewarding her with a lunch order today: the canteen special is beef pie with free cookie.
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