2008 February » Love is the most excellent way

Ben’s math and music

Feb 232008

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 arrived today. He was surprised and pleased to discover he got an honorable mention. We assumed he hadn’t since no-one had called last week on the day they called the winners. So that was great news.

Esther’s school chamber music concert 2008

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Feb 222008

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 Nachtmusik

Total Lunar Eclipse

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Feb 212008

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 a lunar eclipse (otherwise I wouldn’t have known) at about 9 p.m. and it was a clear night and you could see the moon right from our house.

It looked like the moon turned from a full moon to a partial one as it got underway. But when it was almost total and total you could see the whole moon again, except not as bright as usual. When I looked through my camera I could see it was reddish all over.

I was so pleased I had the opportunity to see this!