Lowell Summer Music Camp 2013!

~Class Time~

 Some of the younger classes...

the class I was in! :)

Instructors of the week included (starting in the top left corner) Mr. Theis, Mrs. Ski, Anna Walsh, Mrs. Howard, Mr. Grib, and Lauren Carns. Instructors not pictured are Rick, Alexis, and Alyssa Thacker.

~Game Time!~

 ~Leather Work~

 Red Team - Treble Makers

 Green Team - Rhythm Riots

Blue Team - Tempo Tantrums - Winning Team! - My team!!! ;)

~ Lego competitions~

To top off the week, we had a concert and carnival on the last day! 

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Music Camp was a blast, I am looking forward to helping with another one later this summer!

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Savos Tour

 Loved the time with Lizzie. <3

Amanda did an incredible job as Rudolph.

Savos Strings

--God has given Jack, Emily and I the opportunity to be a part of a string orchestra that has just come together this year.

There are fourteen young people in Savos Strings (twelve of whom are pictured above) whose ages range from 23 to 13. --

--Our first concert is coming up soon, on December 5th. We'll be playing Christmas carols in the Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette, IN --

--The word "Savos" means Saved --

--Updates will be put on the Savos Strings blog. So be sure to check it out, and leave a comment to let us know what you think--

--Our Christmas concert has 12 selections which include, seven orchestra pieces, three string quintets, and two piano duets--

--Ten out of the fourteen members of our group are also pianists--

--It's really amazing the way that God has allowed us to come together as a group. At the beginning of this year, I only knew five of the people who are now involved in this project. (And two of those five are my own siblings)--

--It's been so much fun getting to know everyone as we rehearse each month--

--We're looking forward to performing together throughout 2010. I can hardly wait to see what God is going to do with Savos Strings! --

Connor...

...has a lot of personality!

Elizabeth's School Tour

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A few day ago, I had the opportunity to accompany Elizabeth on her annual (and last) school concert tour.

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Of course I grabbed a few pics for the blog :o)

Lizzy recently was advanced to the position of Concertmaster. Go Sis!

More Music...

Friends & Music

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Rick and Alyssa

Alyssa was entertaining us by playing on a 1\16th violin.

Alyssa, Lizzie, and Alexis

In a comment from one of our readers:

It looks like you had a good time in Iowa! Hey Lizzie-do you have any videos of you playing the violin that you could post?

Well, I don't have any from Thanksgiving...but here's one of the songs I played that day. It's from a few weeks ago when we were practicing for church.
The sound quality is poor since it was taken on a digital camera.

Crystal and John's wedding

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Here are some pictures from a wedding we went to on Sat.

I'm mainly posting for Kaity, since she is a good friend of Crystal's, but wasn't able to attend the wedding. However, there might be some others of you who know the Briddick family.

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You'll have to excuse the poor quality of the pictures. We were doing the 'take-a-picture-fast-before-the-battery-runs-out' thing.

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Cutting the cake

Christi, one of the lovely punch servers

Crystal, with Clara (her sister and 'maid-of-honor')

Esther is also Crystal's sister...and a great friend of mine.

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*BTW, more posts will be coming soon. Our internet was down for a couple of days, so we're a little backed up.

PCC Music Academy

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Some of you were asking about pictures from my trip to FL. We were busy with the wedding, so I'm a little late getting them on.

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The Crown Center

Bradley Dorms, where I stayed

My awesome room mates, Bethany and Anna...and a good friend, Carissa

Jamie, Anna, and Bethany eating breakfast in Four Winds

My suite mate, Kaitie and I

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One of the super cool counsellors, Atoya

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It rains a lot in Pensacola

Orchestra practice was really fun!

Andre, my stand partner, was Brazilian and spoke little English.

My team, practicing for the 'community instrument' contest

This is the stage where we had recitals

Carissa and I at lunch

Flynn, Kaitie and Hadley

Flynn, Debbie (from Brazil), Virginia, and Katie

Deanna, (another really fun counsellor) Anna King, Hadley and Carissa

Bethany performing at the Honors Recital

My music theory teacher, Dr. Bombard

My violin teacher, also Dr. Bombard

We called his wife (above) Mrs. Dr. Bombard to differentiate between them.

All the pianists also sang in choir for the concert.

Some of the first violins

Mr. Barbosa, our fantastic orchestra conductor

Atoya and I after the concert

Deanna and I

Lauren bowling after our concert

Flynn and I

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At the airport, waiting to head home. Don't we look tired?