Singing Competition

Today was the second sunday that I've played at this singing compeition. I had two students to play for, I was nervous about playing piano because I didn't have confidence that I could play properly from beginning to end. Plus the piano was up high, so you had to stand to play, lucky there was a stool for me to sit on.

The first girl I played for had been sick all this week so she wasn't very confident about her performance today. I was happy with how I played for her, there was only one shaky part, which we hadn't been able to get together at all. She seemed a little down at the end, she wasn't happy with how she sang.

The second girl was after lunch, I had it in my head that she was later in the set, she was actually on first and they started early so I wasn't there when she was supposed to go on stage. They let her go on after I had gotten there. I said I'm sorry so many times to her. Not a great precedent to be setting if I want more accompaniment work.

I decided to stay and see the rest of the singers, and it was a good thing I stayed. Another young girl, only 13 was singing the same song that I had played earlier, and when she got to the end of the first verse her backing C.D started jumping and stopped. So I ran up on stage and played for her so she could sing. It made up for missing the first spot, and everyone thought I'd done something great. I was just glad that she wasn't disappointed, that she was able to sing. I look forward to a lot more playing for these events.

So I have three weeks left of this term before the holidays. I have made great progress in the wedding plans; the suits are ordered, just need fittings, I have asked about the cake and the flowers, and I'm going to the reception venue on Thursday with family to ask the questions that we need to ask.

The more lists I make this week the better I think.