Piano Recital

Lydia, Paul and Grace had a piano recital a few weeks ago.  Unfortunately, I missed Lydia's performance as I had a bridal shower to attend at our church.  However, Matt, Grandpa Bob and Grandma Dianne reported that she played well.  The main reason that Lydia is taking piano lessons is that she wants to be like her big brother and sister.
I did get to see Paul perform.    As I've mentioned before, to Paul, piano lessons are merely a means to an end.  And he'd really like to see the end of those means very, very soon.  He played Home on the Range and a couple of other tunes and he played them well.  Joel sang the words to Home on the Range as his brother played.  It was cute.
Grace is very disciplined.  She practices piano a minimum of an hour a day.  When she suffers through a nerve-racking performance, she doesn't let it slow her down.  She practices more, gets right back into the saddle and asks for permission to play again (this has happened both at church and BSF).  In addition to the piece in the video, called Menuet in G by Paderewski, Grace played Mozart's Rondo from his Sonata in C Major at the recital. And despite her nerves, she also sang a duet with her piano/voice teacher and a solo.  She did very well.  I told her Daddy that night, "The girl's got grit."  She certainly didn't get it from me.  I was a piano recital flunkie.  (Unfortunately, the video doesn't do her performance justice.  Grace filled the entire sanctuary of the church with this piece.)