Days with the Dorans

    We were so excited to hear Ali's Orchestra Festival. We knew a little what to expect having gone to Joey's band concert last year but or course orchestra is a little different.  It started in the auditorium where we went and listened to them perform some prepared pieces that they had been working on in class. You can hear that performance by clicking HERE . I of course loved it but may be a little biased. I was a bit sad knowing that this would be one of Ali's last performances~ though her teacher asked her to audition for a higher orchestra, Ali has decided she doesn't want to play anymore so she can take some other classes she is interested in. I'm going to miss her playing and hope that she will still pick it up from time to time. After the performance, we followed them into the Orchestra Room where they were given a piece of music that they had never seen and had to sight-read and perform it. This part always amazes me. We weren't allowed to video in tha...

 The Collage Concert was a great concert again~ Orchestra, Band, and choirs all do their thing and it's so nice. Ali was first chair viola (big potatoes) and I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't see her. The orchestra she was in I thought had kids that looked too old but I forgot they're all mixed in together (sorry Ali). She felt bad, I felt worse but she forgave me and I found this picture that someone posted. Joey played too and we did find him (but I deleted all pictures once I realized I missed Ali and felt awful). It was such a fun concert with a sing-along to boot. It was a long week for me with conferences yesterday so this was a wonderful way to end the week (and now I can sleep...). Great job, Bigs! (Not sure why we didn't get a picture with the Littles or Nana and Papa... All were in attendance.