Guitar Ensemble - End of Year Concert

Jamie has been going to his guitar ensemble for 3 terms now and this week (July) we had his end of term concert.  This may be his last time as we are not sure what his timetable will be when he starts at his new school, but hopefully he will be able to continue.  This term they have been working on Mr Blue Sky by ELO.  The performance was lovely and it sounded great.  It's interesting to hear it all put together as a whole with everyone else's part.  They sounded fantastic - here is some video of the event mostly focused on Jamie - doing his stuff!

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Sue
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Guitar Grade 3 and A Guitar Competition

Jamie competed in a guitar competition at Thornton College recently, he did well and played his piece,   really well, with a couple of minor mistakes.  He got some great feedback from the judge but he was up against some much older competitors with lots more experience so he did himself proud competing.  Well done Jamie!!

He also took his Grade 3 exam and passed with Merit, so he did much better than Grade 2 when he got a pass.  We are really really proud of him so now he has started working on his Grade 4 - as his guitar teacher keeps telling him - he has some real talent, he just needs to keep practising and focussed.l  WELL DONE JAMIE!!!!!

And he was part of the MK SMS end of term concert with his guitar ensemble where they played  and this was great fun to see him participating with some of the friends he has made.  Next term they are learning to play Mr Blue Sky by ELO.

I was sure I had some photos to go with this but can't find them at the moment ......I am being rather forgetful lately!!

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Sue
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Jamie's Christmas Concert

Jamie has been playing with a guitar ensemble for about 3 months or so and it was time for the end of term or Christmas concert.  They were playing a song called 'Big Leg Emma' by Frank Zappa as their part in the concert.  It is a great song and a tune which we had become very familiar with but which I like a lot.  There are some amazingly talented young muscians about and we heard everything from Baroque to Frank Zappa and of course really proud of Jamie, playing with his ensemble to a audatorium full of people.

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Sue
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Reading challenge 15/16 - currently reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Jamie Passes Guitar Grade 2 - Hooray

I know I've mentioned this before but it is proud Mummy time and I (or rather Jamie) now has his Grade 2 certificate, so I can proudly display it for him. 

It was a bit of a slog to get this as he was not practicing as much as he needed to and a lot had to be crammed into the 3 weeks leading up to the exam - but star that he is - he pulled it off and pulled it off well.  The really positive aspect is that he has been much more motivated now he has started on his Grade 3 work and he is working hard and playing his pieces really nicely!!

Another very well done - I'm really proud of what you have achieved.  As I was in the process of putting these certificates away in his folder I also found his certificate from the Milton Keynes Arts Festival where he also did himself very proud.

Ciao

Sue
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Reading challenge 13/16 - currently reading If I Was by Midge Ure