After a full day of private lessons and practice; two cello's to repair, mail deliveries and the String Quartet Olympic Trials, I'm at home ready to send you an e-mail. Students are making new friends and having a great time. Tonight was an evening of rest for the adults to get ready for the coachings that begin tomorrow. This morning I delivered my famous purple talk. Be sure to ask your kids about that when they get home!
The smoke from the fires in California finally blew into our precious valley today at 4:00 so we have some smoky air and brilliant sun sets! Tomorrow we prepare for our performance at the Rogue Valley Manor on Wednesday evening. All ten quartets will dine with the residents and then play throughout the elegant building. Their Haydn movements are actually ready to go and be coached to the next level, already!
Last night Britt treated the quartet and I to second row seats at the performance of Steve Miller Band! Wish you all could have gone too. The kids didn't have a clue who I was talking about when I told them. Joanna, the quartet violists, caught a guitar pick. We were true 70's groupies in a classical sort of style.
Oh, and really cool news. A friend of mine in Ashland happens to be an Oscar winning documentary film maker and she is going to shoot a short film of this year's camp, but next year she's going to shoot a full documentary from auditions to the last kid on a plane. I'll be writing a grant to cover her fees and make this possible. Jeanne came today and began filming and was struck by many things, chiefly the teaching and the incredible machine we put together to make this all work. We'll share a snippet once we have one.
We're having a great time!
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