Senior Home Recital

On a cold winter night, Li-Fang held a piano recital performance for her piano students at the Asbury Senior Home in the Kindley Building. She lost her voice, so she asked me to announce the performances. Nine of her students performed that evening. In addition, Abbey Zhao performed a piano piece, and her two sons, Brennan and Clayton, performed a song on the saxophone and and on the violin. After the lovely concert, gifts were handed out to the seniors by the students, after which the performers were all to eager to receive a gift for themselves. Excellent job, everyone. Below is the order of performance:

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Performer	Songs
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Patrick Brodigan	“Mary Had a Little Lamb”
	“Galloping Ponies”
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Thomas Brodigan	“Evening Hymn”
	“What Shall I Sing?”
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Vincent Lee	“The San Francisco Trolley”
	“The Crawling Spider”
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Albert Xing	“She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain”
	“Peter, Peter”
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Henri Ly	“Petite Tarantella” by Stephen Heller
	“Prelude” (Bach)
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Brennan Zhao	“What child is this?”
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Clayton Zhao	“What child is this?”
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Alex Fagan	“Bagatelle" by Anton Diabelli
	“Soldier’s March" by Louis Kohler
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Olivia Fagan	“Premier Sonatina”
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Abbey Zhao	“River Flows in You” by Yiruma
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Yu Han Wang	“Sonatina Op. 55 No. 1" by Kuhlau 1st and 2nd movements
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Alex Carbonell	“Bach Invention #13 in A minor
	”Sonata in G Major”--Ludwig Van Beethoven Op. 49 No. 2
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