February 23rd, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates, Music
Ben participated in the regional finals of the North Suburban Math League competition today. He tied first for individual, came first for calculator round and was second in the two person round. So he will go onto the state competition in April for individual and calculator.
Ben’s judges’ comments from the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition [...]
February 22nd, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates
Esther’s school chamber music concert was last night. It’s a student-led concert in which students perform whatever they wish.
Esther played an arrangement she made of the “Bewitched” theme for her and her friends (Esther is the violinist on the right):
Bewitched
The concert ended with a string quartet Esther was in playing Eine Kleine Nachtmusik:
Eine Kleine [...]
February 21st, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates
Did you see the total eclipse of the moon last night? It was awesome!
I usually miss things which happen in the sky at night: either it’s too late at night or cloudy or they’re not visible from where I live or I simply forget.
But last night my husband said there was going to be [...]
February 20th, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates
Two people tagged me for this: Justin and Benjamin. So I will oblige…
You take the nearest book (no cheating) with at least 123 pages, turn to page 123 and quote the 6th, 7th and 8th sentences.
The nearest book was one of my daughter’s: The Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deep Woods by Paul Steward and Chris [...]
February 17th, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates, Music
Ben played the last movement of the Brahm’s Violin Concerto in the Elmhurst Symphony Concerto Competition yesterday.
He played well but evidently didn”t win any of the prizes since they were calling the winners this afternoon and we didn’t hear anything. (Update: when Ben’s comments from the judges arrived we were pleased to find out he [...]
February 9th, 2008 | by Helen | published in General updates
We’ve had three snowstorms go through in the last eight days or so. The last one coated all the trees with snow - it was very pretty.
It’s been the cloudiest start to February since 1893 and tonight it’s going to get super-cold. The village decided not to salt side streets a couple of weeks [...]
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