Well I am happy to report that the fiddle-a-thon was a huge success. After four hours of playing, my daughter was very tired, but extremely happy that she once again made it through this particular commitment. Now I did spend the entire four hours at the school listening to them, but I really don’t think that is going to happen again. Next year she goes up to middle school and if she continues to play, then I will drop her off and then go back to hear the tail end of the fiddle-a-thon. The kids did a great job and a lot of money was raised for their string program. So, all in all it was a very good day.

Well you can certainly tell that we are in the last half of the school year. It is time once again for my daughter to get ready for several violin concerts. As performing in front of a crowd is probably her favorite part of playing the violin, she is anxiously awaiting for the next couple of months to be finished with. Then she has her four hour long fiddle-a-thon, her district music festival and her end of the year extravaganza. It’s quite amazing actually how good she has become. And when it’s time to perform in front of an audience, I’m sure she will do a wonderful job.

My, how time flies.

Last week my daughter was supposed to participate in a pretty big Christmas concert. She plays the violin. But due to a massive snowstorm, they had to postpone it. Well it is scheduled to go tonight and it looks like the weather is finally cooperating with us. They need to be at the school at 6:00 and will begin playing. The concert is set to go for two hours. Even though this will be a long tiring night for her (she’s only 10) she is really looking forward to the big event. And, I’m looking forward to hearing her play. They have practiced really hard and I’m sure they will all do a fine job.

And…the best part. She will be the lead in one of the songs. She is quite excited and nervous about this. But this is why she has practiced so hard so I know she will do good.

Well it’s almost time for my daughter’s favorite part of taking violin lessons. Her favorite part of participating in the school violin program is when they get to perform in front of family and friends during concerts. Well she has two coming up this week. The first one is on Tuesday where all the schools in our district will perform a Christmas gala. For this particular concert she will be the lead for her class. So she is quite excited about that. On Thursday she has one at her school just for her school and her school’s choir. This one isn’t as big as the first one, but she is just as excited to be a part of it. The kids have been practicing a lot and I’m sure they will all put their best foot forward for both events.

I’ll be sure to pop back in at a later date and let you all know how great these two concerts turned out. The kids will all have fun and that will be the main thing.

Living here in Canada, I don’t get the opportunity to go to many concerts with big name country artists. I get so jealous when I hear on the radio about a concert being held in the States for one of my favorite country artists. I have already told my husband that if George Strait ever performed in a State near our border, I would be digging out my passport and make sure that I am the first person in line. George Strait is my absolute favorite performer and if I ever had the chance to see him live and in person, I would not pass it up. I can’t ever see him coming to Canada so I’ll just have to keep my listening ears on when he is going to be performing at a concert “near” me.

Today was my daughter’s fiddle-a-thon for her string’s program for her school.  She had to play her violin for 200 minutes.  She did really well, as all the kids did, but you can sure tell that she is now extremely tired.  When she finished her fiddle-a-thon, she informed me that she couldn’t wait to get home to lay down. 

Jokingly I said to her, yeah, you can lay down after your done your violin practice.  If looks could kill, I would have been dead. lol  She didn’t find me funny at all.  When we got home she went straight to her room, put her violin in the closet and laid down on the bed.  I honestly don’t think an earthquake could get her moving at this point.  I won’t make her practice again today as I think after playing for 200 minutes that is long enough for one day.