Fiddling with Pa and Grandpa

I think this is my favorite video of me fiddling with my dad and Beebop!

Back from a brief break

Please don't be offended. I didn't tell anyone I was coming to Seattle for just a week vacation. I was terribly homesick. All I wanted was to take long walks with my mom, play music with my dad, play Pinnocle cards, sit in the kitchen while my dad cooked, visit with my siblings, look at old family photos, and be in my pajamas the entire time. I think after our intense and traumatic summer and jumping immediately into 76 students and 3 schools, everything caught up to me. I have a BALD spot on my head. Stressed induced alopecia. I can sort of cover it by changing my part. But still! At what point does the body get so stressed it goes bald?

I want friends and family to come visit us in Hawaii as often as they can. You will get 100% undivided attention from Alex and I. I do miss everyone terribly as well. I have a hard time juggling everything.

Up next in Hawaii are Alex's Birthday (Today!) weekend; Two Grinch Stole Christmas productions in December; the Holidays, which are upon us; and activity on the lot (besides goat activity). I will post pictures and stories from Seattle soon!

Daddy Daughter Duo

We were the opening band for The Pretenders. We called ourselves The Non Pretenders!

Recital Week

Thursday's Master Class students
Wednesday's master class students
Tuesday's master class. Since it is Halloween week, my students dressed in costumes.
Little Ariel sang "Part of Your World" as well as four piano pieces. She stole everyone's heart!

With 76 students, I do not have much time for practicing myself! This piece needs a few more weeks until it is perfect. But here is a run through of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique.

Performing in front of others should be part of my student's training. It is an important life lesson, and the more it is practiced, the easier it becomes. Walking out onto a stage and performing is as natural for me as walking into the store or to the bank. It's just like any other day, thanks to the thousands of master classes, recitals, and concerts I participated in as a young child. But how do I have 76 private students perform in a recital? Well, I decided this year to divide the week into 5 master classes. Tonight is group number 3. Every evening at 5pm, the students who normally had lessons that day gather at my house to perform up to 4 pieces. This ensemble has been so much more manageable. Last years recital with 60+ students went for over 3 hours! Each evening features a wonderful variety of ages, levels, and instruments. I am so proud of my students and they bring me such great joy. I will continue to post pictures from each master class.

Coming Soon.....

.....To Waimea Town this December!

This week I began Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas rehearsals at school. Can you just imagine a school full of adorable little Who's down in Whoville?? I cannot wait until our performance December 16th. The kindergartners were stinkin' adorable singing "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" so seriously. "You're a Rotter, Mr. Grinch. You have terrrrrmites innnn your smile!"

How cute is Grandpa?

Tooo cute!

I wish I lived closer so we could play duets more often.

Mrs. Woodbury

Hee Hee! Get it??

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