Tuesday, May 10
Proud pop alert 2
So we pulled it off: two places at once, hearing both kids play. Well, I did. K had to work. Dropped Reade off at Northridge, took Connor to University's theater, went back to Northridge and picked up a program, noted that Reade was playing in the third group of the night after the school's band and chorus, plus after two bits of awards, so drove back to University to hear Connor, since he said they were on first, but it turned out they were on first after the intermission, so stood there, waited, then caught his first song and the praise he received on stage from the band director for earning a superior rating at the solos & ensembles he played last month, then raced back over to Northridge to catch the end of the awards bit and listened to Reade play in a couple of pieces by the orchestra there. Reade also got public recognition when, during the awards portion, her conductor awarded her a "promising young musician" certificate for being the youngest person on stage (due to the fact that she's a seventh grader at a different school, not a high school student there). So proud pop all around!
