Gold Medal Girl

Lovey's awards concert was last night and she was soooo excited! After school she asked me to put her hair up in curlers so we rolled it all up. She was dressed and ready before supper even started. She practiced the piece she was performing several times. Finally it was time to go to the pre-show rehearsal and she & Murray left.

Sweetie & Honey & I got their school stuff ready for the next day and headed out to meet them at the show. Grammie & Grandad arrived just before we did so we got our seats with them. We looked all over but no sign of Lovey anywhere. The show was starting and we still couldn't find her. It turns out she was sitting in with some taller kids and they were blocking her from our view. Whew! cancel that kidnapping alert!

She played her piece in the first part of the concert and ran into a little trouble in one section but jumped back in and caught up with her accompanist without much trouble or delay. She likes the audience a little too much I think and gets looking at all the people, turning this way and that, smiling at everyone! She won two prizes, one for playing in a trio and another for her solo work and came home with a cheque. She was over the MOON excited. I didn't stay for the whole concert as I wanted to get the other 2 to bed at a half decent time. She & Murray got home around 9:30 and she was still flying high, bubbling over and chattering a mile a minute. I was worried she might be too tired for me to take her picture with her medal but I  needn't have worried! She was still pretty pumped and gladly posed for a few shots. (that's my girl!)

She's undecided what to do with her winnings so far but has lots of ideas kicking around! I'm going to suggest she invest in more curlers! We didn't have enough and had way too much hair on each one and they didn't stay at all. She was very disappointed about her hairdo!

Honey & Sweetie kept themselves busy with their reading and listening to an MP3 player respectively. They did watch their sister perform but ignored most of the rest until Honey heard her sister's name in connection with words that grabbed her attention in a hurry. Her head snapped up and she mouthed questioningly "FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!!" I expect she'll take up an instrument next week now :)))

Well done Lovey, we're very proud of all the hard work and all the times you gave up play time to rehearse your pieces over and over. You've done an excellent job and the judges have spoken!!!