Today was the recital. Out of my whopping 11 students this year, only 8 played. One didn’t want to and the others had legitimate scheduling excuses. Here are some pictures.
Aurora Helms is the 2nd grade daughter of Marti Erb Helms. She is on the right in the first row, with the long blonde hair. She is shy like her mom was, but shows good potential on piano. She is being home-schooled, too.
Pampered Chef desserts (along with ice cream sundaes and punch). On the right is my new “up-and-coming” 2nd grade student that I have very high hopes for. She picks up piano like no one I’ve seen in a long time!
So, I’m practically done with lessons for the school year. I’m starting a new student (the girl next door) this summer and the one pictured above wants to continue through the summer, but I’m making her take a month off. I’m not going to give lessons up at work again. Too many distractions and the piano is pretty bad and out of tune.
I got a lot of painting done at 117 yesterday. I have white primer over all the really, really bold colors, like the brown, the cranberry, the bright green, and the dark blue. Two coats of primer does it. Then the holes can be fixed and a couple more coats of primer put over those spots. Then I’ll finally be able to do the finish coat. It is amazing how much better the kitchen looks, though, with just that white coat of paint rather than the conglomeration of green and yellow and cranberry. We also took a wall out, which has opened the space up quite a lot. I’ll post pictures of that area later this week.
I’m glad the recital went well. I get a kick out of seeing Marti Erb’s daughter–she looks like an Erb to me. I also enjoyed seeing the song titles they played (although I don’t recognize most of them, it’s interesting to see what’s popular).
And what scrumptious looking dessert pies! Yummmm….