Musical Events

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We spent a few days visiting Betsy's family this past week. Our motivation to do so, not that we need much motivation, was that each of Henry, Clara, and Frederick were involved in musical performances at their respective schools. Couldn't miss that. Henry is now in sixth grade and has added choir to his list of music-related extra-curricular activities (piano, saxophone, choir, musical theater). It appears after all these years, that getting boys into a choir is still a challenge for music teachers, so we are delighted to see that Henry is enjoying this opportunity.

Frederick is attending a Montessori school. Here he is with his mates singing.

After the music, each preschooler made a gingerbread house. We thought Frederick most liked slathering on the icing.

However, there were plenty of decorations to add too.

For the treats that followed, I liked the way Frederick carefully used the tongs so as to avoid spreading germs by using fingers. His mom has taught him well.

Later that same day, Clara's third grade class, along with the other third grade classes, performed a variety of seasonal Christmas, Hanukkah, and secular songs in their school gymnasium. She is the one with the pretty sparkly dress.

Clara's class, we were told, worked out the hand motions for this song.