Week 7

The long awaited arts performance on the weekend went really well. I am always a bit baffled by some kinds of art works, it sounds nice as an idea but I'm not really sure if the concept is going to work in reality. Or it just seems like a strange idea and I don't know what they were thinking at the time.

At the end of last year the orchestra was approached to participate in an artistic show symbolising the drought and hope for rain and renewal. The idea was to have the orchestra play a sound scape and little bits of sculpture would join to make a big 'drought monster' that would look scary, and then it would die and become a windmill. It sounded like a strange idea to me from the start. However the night went really well I thought, there were heaps of people there and food stalls and other artists playing, and the performance went off with very little problems and the audience really like it. And there were fireworks, maybe that helped...

Other than that things at school are going great. I am feeling really good about the work that I am doing at the moment and whats happening in my classes. I have been conducting the band rehearsals and have been really happy with the progress, tomorrow we are picking some new pieces for the students to start learning for the Melbourne School Bands Festival.

I donated blood again today. Each time I go the experience gets easier, I know what to expect and it is over really quickly. I'm in the 'frequent donors club', she tells me that I get a diary. I was maybe thinking something a little different for a reward - something to entice people to continue donating or even start donating. But that's not what you do it for.