A few weeks ago, Alyssa's Gr. 7 band performed at the music festival in Cardston. A couple of weeks later they performed at the school concert, and then the week before spring break, they performed the same pieces at the Lethbridge music festival. They gradually improved in their playing, and when they performed in Lethbridge, they earned a "superior" grade and a right to participate in the province-wide music festival in Red Deer in May.
Alyssa also played the piano at the Cardston music festival. Her first piece was a Fantasia by Teleman. It had some very quiet parts, in contrast to some louder parts. When she went to play, the piano, a Yamaha had a very firm touch and her soft notes didn't play quite like she wanted. She still did really well, but came in 2nd. She was especially nervous because that was her stronger piece, but she practiced really hard all evening and the next morning, and nailed her second piece, The Wild Horseman by Schumann, getting 1st place. Alyssa accomplished all of this while she was fairly sick with a cold.
I did make videos of the band performance, but haven't been able to get them to download.
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