Tchaikovsky Recital December 2009

Mikaela was the youngest of ten advanced students who performed in a Holiday recital of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons. Mikaela played "April".

Spring Recital

The kids' piano teacher decided to hold a spring recital at the school even though the bigger concert was just a month ago.

Zachary played:

"Afternoon Song" by Geiza Dourado
"Atirei o Pau no Gato" a Brazilian Folk Song

Mikaela played:

"Sonatina in A Minor" by Georg Benda

Mikaela Piano Concert

Mikaela played on May 17th at the Spring piano concert. She played, "March" by J.S. Bach.

Zachary May Piano Concer

Zachary played at the May piano concert on the 17th. His piece is "Au Claire de la Lune", a French Folk Song.

Two photos from today at the Inauguration. We were between the Washington Monument and the White House. These photos are of the crowd in front of us towards the screen and behind us towards the WWII and Lincoln Memorials. You can see the large pillars of the WWII Memorial in the photo.

So you know the crush of humanity you see in these pictures wasn't even visible in any of the t.v. views we have seen. So beyond the stretch you saw on t.v. the crowd continued. Mom, Dad and Mikaela all had fun (the boys stayed at normal childcare). Crowd was friendly and pleasant and the weather in the a.m./midday on the Mall was not bad.

As Chris said, no crowd we are ever likely to be in after this will compare.