Spring Recital 2009 May 8, 2009

Well, I was so stressed out about holding my first recital… and it went so smoothly, I can’t wait to have the next one!  I had thirteen students play, the youngest being four and the oldest twenty.  So, there was quite a range of age and talent, too.  There were fifty one visitors… way more than I had expected!  My Mom came all the way from Illinois to help me and I am so glad she was there!  So many little things that I hadn’t even thought about came up, and she just jumped right in and took care of them!  (like passing out programs, pinning on corsages, directing people where to go to take the food they had brought… and on and on it goes)  I think I was more nervous about getting up in front of everyone and speaking at the beginning of the recital than I was about performing the piece I had been working on.   And, I was so nervous for all of my students performing their songs as well.  I was so glad when it was over, but I had a wonderful time.  Everything went as planned until the little four year old had to play.  She had insisted on playing five songs, as I mentioned in one of my previous posts.  So, I was a little scared as to what she would do when it was her turn.  Everything went fine… she introduced herself… played ONE song, took a bow when she was finished, and returned to her seat.  I breathed a sigh of relief… until about ten minutes later when she decided she wanted to play again.  Before I even realized what was happening, she was back on stage introducing herself again… and telling the audience which song she was going to play.  Of course, that wasn’t in the program… and the crowd just started cracking up.  Everyone was laughing… and her Mom was looking at me with a horrified look on her face.  It was so funny and the little girl was so matter of fact, that you couldn’t help but laugh.  It kind of “made” the recital.  Sometimes you try so hard to control everything and make it all go so smoothly, when in reality, it’s the totally “out of control” things that make the best memories!  I had a fabulous time, and I am so proud of all of my students!  I’m already planning the next recital!  I have posted photos of the recital to http://pianostaff.ning.com/