We Survived This Saturday

Today went surprisingly well. Bekah was well enough to avoid a trip to the doctor's, which would really have put a crimp in our schedule. With her potential doctor's visit, we were planning on a very convoluted arrangement for getting all the kids to their various functions. Fortunately, the convolutions were not necessary. Vicki took Kenzie, as well as five other kids, to Kenzie's softball practice. I imagine that was a wee bit stressful, but she avoided some of the boredom issues by taking the little ones (and Alex, who I figure was probably pretty helpful) shopping at a nearby Walmart while Kenzie played softball. I took Connor to his piano thingy. For you locals who read this blog, the piano thingy was at Jordan Kitt's, a music store in College Park. They have a little hall they use for small concerts. Before Connor's portion of the event started, I found a really expensive grand piano ($42,000) and told Connor to play a song on it (pictured on the right). I figured he wouldn't get many chances to play on such a nice piano, so why not take advantage of it?

Then it was into the hall with us, to start our portion of the show. Connor's group was the third of the day to play with the orchestra, each member having pretty impressive resumes. I am just overwhelmed that Connor, at age 10, is considered eligible to play with such talented people. And to have our shy little Connor get up there and actually perform like that, well, I just can't put it into words. Here's Connor playing a few measures to give the orchestra his tempo for the piece he played, Sonata Concertino, Op. 36, No. 3 II: Un poco adagio, by M. Clementi and J. McSpadden, whatever all that means: I'm just the driver.

And here's the video: