December is always the month of school band concerts and so we got to attend Benjamin's and Bella's this week. Benjamin didn't even tell us that he would be performing in small percussion ensembles during the concert, so it was a pleasant surprise to hear songs we had no idea he would play. He did a wonderful job.
Bella was asked to do a piano solo again during her concert and also a saxophone duet. She played the piano piece while the band was still back stage getting ready so she was without friends or band leader on the stage and as she went to place her music on the piano, she discovered it had no stand portion, thus no place to put her music. She walked off the stage to find someone who knew what could be done but no one was willing to help and so she came back on, laid her music flat on top of the piano and proceeded to play. She appeared completely calm and collected, but later she admitted to being so upset. Her playing still sounded pretty good. Only I could tell she could do so much better because I'd heard it at home. I was proud of how well she handled herself in a stressful situation. It was clearly hard to see the music and I felt so bad for her through the whole song. My mama heart was pounding thinking of how hard this must be for her in front of this large audience. She complained bitterly about it on the way home but she got over it after a while.
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