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| Rachelle before her IMEA All State audition Thursday morning |
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| After rehearsing Thursday evening, all day Friday, and a short time Saturday morning, it was concert time. Here she is waiting for Curt to join us. He was parking the van. It's almost time for the All State concert. |
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| "OK, Mom, if I have to pose..." |
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| This was at the All State concert which was before Rachelle's honors concert. Sometimes I have to be tricky to get pictures of my daughters. :) |
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| Curt and me enjoying every moment! |
The All State concert began at 1:00 PM,
then the Honors concert began a little after 3:00.
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| Here comes our girl... |
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| Finding her chair... |
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| Almost there... |
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| Setting up her stand... She enjoyed chit-chatting with her stand partner. He was a pleasant young man from Chicago and a member of the Chicago Symphony Youth Orchestra. He wasn't quite sure what to think of her, being an accomplished violinist from "Southern IL..." He hesitantly asked, "Do you live on a farm?" She found that very funny. |
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| Enjoying beautiful music! They played the Finale of Tchaikovsky's Fifth and a piece called Danzon #2 by Marquez, a fun Latin American piece. |
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| Honors Orchestra, Choir, and Band did an arrangement of "America" all together. It was thrilling to hear... but kind of bittersweet to me given the state of our country. |
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| Thanking the conductor... |
This post helps me preserve wonderful memories of our last All State IMEA!
Happy Wednesday!
