Have been meaning to give this report!!
The “Brothers Hatfield” percussion concert Sunday before last was brilliant! They packed the house, it was SRO!! The variety of musical styles and percussion instruments made it enjoyable for everyone in attendance. Matthew reprised “The Creston”, an extremely difficult marimba piece that he first performed 15 years ago ~ a real highlight of the show. Taylor wrote an unbelievaly realistic piece that he played on three snare drums entitled “Surigao Stomp”. He dedicated it to Grandpa Cherrington who fought in that battle in WWII ~ the sounds of the battle were perfectly sounded out by the fierce playing of the snares. There were also hymns played, a “rag”, a beautiful sonata, an original song for marimba that Matthew wrote, hand drums and the grand finale which was a drumset duel (written by Taylor) followed by an encore of improv marimba jazz and drumset!
I couldn’t have been more proud!! And having my parents here for the first time in over 4 years to share this occasion with us was wonderful as well.
Posted by Carol on 05/10 at 11:23 PM
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That is wonderful, Carol. How great to see them perform together—all grown up!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/12 at 10:41 AM
And it was great that your parents were here! I am sure that you recorded the performance? How about making and selling CD’s?
Kate- received “your” thank you note in the mail. We are glad that someone could use the tickets. I was riding my bike in the old neighborhood - your streets are smoother than Greenbriar"s - I noticed that Jack’s house on the corner across from our old house is for sale. Do you know what happened to Jack or his wife? Also - many of the homes look as if they have received a face lift - new siding etc.
I told Rachel when she was here for Mother’s Day that I was surprised that she had planned to come. She said ... she was surprised when I didn’t tell her that she didn’t need to come! She learned her lesson - don’t make an offer unless you mean it! She said she was glad she came - it gave her a chance to see some other friends!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/13 at 04:52 PM
I won’t take my inability to Publish on the web site personally. It seems that I can only add comments. I can log in to the main page but when I tried to publish nothing showed up here.
I said that the purple potato vine, begonia and one geranium have been eaten by animals.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/14 at 07:30 PM
Awesome. I didn’t realize that they both wrote music. That must be wonderfully satisfying to extend one’s talent in that direction.
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