As I wasn't able to get to my Tuesday floristry class, I went this morning instead. I made a hand tied grouped bouquet, using aspidistra leaves, roses, gerbera and carnations - but I did not get a photo of it - silly me! The aspidistra leaves were folded, taped and used to separate groups of roses, gerbera and carnations and then they were wrapped in tissue and cellophane and tied. A useful addition to my repertoire!
The most important part of the day was the Music and Dance Festival at Jamie's school. Lots of the children were going to be performing and Jamie was playing his guitar. As it was another hot day, I made sure we had plenty of drinks with us, even though it was starting at 7.30 there were going to be a lot of people in the school hall and school is warm at the best of times.
Here Jamie is setting up with the help of one of the teachers. He played When the Boat Comes In, he played it well, but even he said he has played it a lot better. One thing may have thrown him a bit though, as well as him being nervous, it was the biggest audience he has played solo before, was the acoustics of the room and the guitar's sound was lost in the room. I think they may need a microphone for next year!
But he did very well and seems to have got the idea that you have to practice and practice and practice some more. This picture shows a relieved Jamie with it all finished! There were lots and lots of performances on the evening, some singing, dancing and some musical instruments. Jamie was in the middle in terms of the level of his performance. There were some particular highlights for me, Jamie excepting of course, the clarinets of two of Jamie's friends, a singer out of Jamie's year and a dance act from year 6. The choir and school orchestra were both fantastic, but the outstanding highlight was the year 3 pianist who was amazing and quite rightly won the Festival and received the trophy. It was an enjoyable evening and all the perfomers should be very pleased and proud with their efforts.
Well done everyone, and well done Jamie.
Ciao
Sue
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Reading challenge 3/16 - currently reading Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Jamie's Reading challenge 2/12 - currently reading Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson SLYMI - 1/52
Sue
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Reading challenge 3/16 - currently reading Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Jamie's Reading challenge 2/12 - currently reading Bed and Breakfast Star by Jacqueline Wilson SLYMI - 1/52
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