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Concerts! Concerts! Concerts!

How great and bountiful are the concerts our family has participated in or attended in the last two weeks! Let us count the ways (concerts).

May 2 - ASCYO (Academy of St. Cecilia Youth Orchestra) performance at The Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick, MD. What a beautiful traditional theater. Joshua and Melinda participated in this ASCYO concert and in the next 2 ASCYO concerts.

May 3 - Melinda's ballet recital was held at the Cedarbrook Community Church in Clarksburg, MD. This is a picture of her with her teacher.


May 7 - Poolesville Middle School. At the last moment, Melinda was asked by her flute teacher, Mr. Fogleman, to substitute as the flute player for the 2nd annual Spring Concert in the Poolesville Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jessica, navigated by Jonathan, drove Melinda to the school at 4pm to start rehearsal. Luckily, food was provided.

May 8 - ASCYO performance at the Olney Theater Center in Olney, MD. This was a more modern theater. Joshua was first clarinet and acted as the concert master in directing everyone to tune up their instruments before the performance for the Wind Ensemble. Melinda played in the flute choir. Both Joshua and Melinda performed in the Youth Orchestra.

May 9 - Amy Ye's ballet performance. Melinda was able to meet all of her old friends from her old dance centre.

May 11 - Some of Mom's piano students performed their Guild recitals at the Damascus United Methodist Church in Damascus, MD.

May 11 - ASCYO performance at the Kay Theater Center at the University of Maryland's The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, MD.





May 12 - ASCYO Wind Ensemble concert at the Damascus United Methodist Church in Damascus, MD. Only Joshua performed in this one. However, it was the wrap-up meeting for the Youth Orchestra members, and Joshua and Melinda were able to recieve their Honorariums.

May 15 - The other half of Mom's piano students performed their Guild recitals at the Damascus United Methodist Church in Damascus, MD. Today Joshua and Megan participated in the Guild recital. Megan received 19 C's and Joshua received 29 C's. Way to go, Joshua and Megan!

May 16 - Melinda's State Solo & Ensemble Festival. She played a grade 4 piece on her flute and recieved a rating of 1, or Superior. Go Melinda!

May 18 - Jessica, Joshua, & Melinda performed Primary songs as a prelude for Mom's Group piano recital at Woodfield Elementary School. Altogether between Mom and another teacher, 45 of their students performed tonight.


These past two weeks have been filled with concerts and recitals galore. Our lives have been filled with the joy and the sound of music. We have been very busy but have grown closer together.

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