End of School Recital

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On the 26th we had the end of school piano recital at our house.  I couldn't believe it, but we were able to fit about 50 chairs in the front room! A couple weeks back, Rex built some stands for our new theater seats in the basement, so we brought those up and put some chairs on them so people in the back could see better.  Rex was gone the week of the recital, but he helped move them before he left the Sunday before.  Such a great husband.  Aiden and Sam did great, of course. They introduced their songs and even bowed at the end like we practiced.  Aiden was especially talkative and excited that night.  After the first 5 students played, he'd make some loud comment at the end of each song.  Things like, "Wow, I like your dress!" and "I loved that song!" and "Whoa, are you guys sisters? You look like twins!" (They weren't.)  He was our little emcee until I asked him to go "watch" Cade upstairs to make sure he was okay.  (Really I was hoping he'd get distracted by the movie that Cade was watching.)  The trick worked for maybe 5 minutes before he was back.




I had my first Senior student perform her last recital with us.  She did great and I will miss her!

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