Thursday May 14, 2009

 

 

Strings for Spring

Presented by the Orchestras of Our Local Middle School

Tuesday Evening, May 12

 

Seventh & Eighth Grade Orchestra

 I love listening to the talents of our local school children – especially when the orchestra includes a granddaughter and niece.

  

Big Ben Boogie by Lereta Fin

 

 

 Bashana Haba’ah (Next Year) by Nurit Hirsh

 

Next Year

We’ll sit on the porch

And count migrating birds

And languid winds

Will carry to the crossroads

Old newspapers and a cloud.

Children on vacation

Will play tag

Between the house and the fields.

Next Year

We will spread out our hands

Towards the radiant light.

A white heron

Like a light will spread her wings

And within them the sun will rise.

Red grapes will ripen till the evening

And will be served chilled to the table.

Chorus

You will yet see,

You will yet see,

How good it will be next year.

  

Our granddaughter Jenna.

  

 Our niece Chelsey on the left.

  

Fiddles at Shady Gulch played by fifth & sixth grade orchestra was my favorite of the evening.

 

 

 This is what happened when I changed the camera setting in the dark and got the wrong one.  I kind of liked it.  That was during the time both orchestras played Themes from Halo 3 by Marty O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori. 

 

 

Our two violin girls – niece Chelsey (left) and granddaughter Jenna.

This was Jenna’s last violin concert at school.  She is choosing Spanish and biology as electives next year – and those choices are good too.