credo days eleven and twelve

Someone (throat clearing sounds--Blake :-) commented on my last post that we have too much fun and that I don't talk about music much. This post is almost all about music. Yesterday our Master Class/Lecture time was on musical careers. Every Credo group was to give their ensemble a name and to set up type of company. What we came up with is this -- our Schumann group has been renamed "Elvira and Company" after David's viola. Peter is our manager, David is our marketer, and I was voted in charge of finances. We will start out small, centered in Atlanta, and take whatever jobs we can get. Hopefully we will gain some fame and will be able to do some touring (David wants to tour France and Italy.). :-)

We have been doing lots of practicing for today. We performed, for the first time, our new pieces at nursing homes. As our service day, we didn't only play music, but we did do a lot of yard work around a local day care. Assisted Living Homes are wonderful places to play. People are not critical, they are just bubbling over with joy that we took time to come to their home and play for them. Concerts like that are worth so much more than ever playing someplace like Carnegie Hall.

Tonight was a large ensemble rehearsal, Frisbee game, and bonfire. Now it's time to write some praise notes and go to sleep! :-)

~ Elvira and Company~