News... and other items

First off, allow me to direct your attention to the right- if you haven’t already noticed the new ‘quote of the week’ widget. Most likely this will change much less often than once a week, but quite possibly more. At any rate, it will be used for me to broadcast to the world (or at least to my blog readers) interesting, funny, convicting, and downright complicated quotes that I come across in my reading.

So, on Sunday our youth symphony gave our final concert. One of our songs was a Cello concerto – which was so good that my dad hurt his finger clapping for the soloist (She’s AMAZING, by the way. And for those of you who didn't know it, my dad's finger is in a splint with a pin holding it together, explaining the hurt-ed-ness from clapping). The big finale was exciting, though the percussion section got a little carried away on the final page of the William Tell Overture, or should I say, William Tell-Standing Ovation? The audience went wild.

Awww… but it’s over now. Until next year anyway.

Caleb is learning the violin this year. I gave him his first lesson and it was all “I don’t want to do that!” “Why do I have to stand like this?” “My finger hurts!” "I have to play it again!!!" But now I am pleased to report that he’s very gung-ho to join the orchestra --tomorrow (just kidding!) I wonder how long this present diligence will last (if it doesn’t last, will it really be diligence?) I fear he wants to be really good, not to get really good. Don’t we all? But anyway, he wishes to be another Midori, or Yann Tierson, or Isaac Stern... or just average old Concertmaster. *Smiles*

Farewell friends, until we meet again. (mwaa-ha-ha!!!)
~Jordan Elizabeth