Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Post #5
Sorry for the unoriginal title... My laziness has reached an all-time high.
Well, it's been a while since the 20-time fair, but I haven't blogged since we had it. Overall, I'd definitely say it was a success :) I played the classic "Hot Cross Buns" for passerby and people were surprisingly impressed; I guess I hadn't realized how much progress I have made. Although HCB is probably the easiest song to play on virtually every instrument, it is pretty cool that I've been able to pick up the cello and learn a few things in a matter of weeks. At the fair, I also was able to hand out a good amount of business cards-- good thing I have no idea how to use my BlogSpot and check to see if my page views increased...
Since the fair, Elaina has been able to teach me a few more things, and I finally learned a new song: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (we're making progress guys!). As always, she is practicing at home a ton (as I probably should, but don't...) and is continuing to impress me with all that she's taught herself. At the fair, she was able to play "Let it Go" for a few people, which obviously got the crowd goin'.
This blog is realllllly late (Sorry Mrs. H), so you'll be hearing from me again this week for the next blog turn-in :)
Well, it's been a while since the 20-time fair, but I haven't blogged since we had it. Overall, I'd definitely say it was a success :) I played the classic "Hot Cross Buns" for passerby and people were surprisingly impressed; I guess I hadn't realized how much progress I have made. Although HCB is probably the easiest song to play on virtually every instrument, it is pretty cool that I've been able to pick up the cello and learn a few things in a matter of weeks. At the fair, I also was able to hand out a good amount of business cards-- good thing I have no idea how to use my BlogSpot and check to see if my page views increased...
Since the fair, Elaina has been able to teach me a few more things, and I finally learned a new song: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (we're making progress guys!). As always, she is practicing at home a ton (as I probably should, but don't...) and is continuing to impress me with all that she's taught herself. At the fair, she was able to play "Let it Go" for a few people, which obviously got the crowd goin'.
This blog is realllllly late (Sorry Mrs. H), so you'll be hearing from me again this week for the next blog turn-in :)
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Upcoming 20-Time Projecr Fair..eeek
Soooo... as I mentioned in last week's post, this time of the year has been absolutely crazy for me. It's hard enough to balance all of the homework and projects and practices and studying, so adding "learn a new instrument" to the list is understandably difficult. At this point, my biggest challenge is time management. Mrs. Hechlik talked about how if some people are not putting time into this project outside of our 1-hour/week classtime, then they probably weren't all that interested in their topic to begin with; for me, that's not the case. If I had the time, I would eagerly give up a little time each day to dedicate to practicing the cello. I'm getting frustrated because I feel like I haven't made any progress, so I'm really hoping that I have some time this next week to practice.
Speaking of this next week, our World Lit class and a Spanish class are getting together and hosting a 20-time project fair for family/friends/mentors/etc. You could say I'm a little nervous... (Considering I can only play a scale and Hot Cross Buns on my cello at this point in time). However, Elaina and I came up with a great idea last Friday: we decided that we'd set up our stations next to each other and play a duet with our new instruments, and then switch and play a duet with our own instruments. I'm excited for that :)
Speaking of this next week, our World Lit class and a Spanish class are getting together and hosting a 20-time project fair for family/friends/mentors/etc. You could say I'm a little nervous... (Considering I can only play a scale and Hot Cross Buns on my cello at this point in time). However, Elaina and I came up with a great idea last Friday: we decided that we'd set up our stations next to each other and play a duet with our new instruments, and then switch and play a duet with our own instruments. I'm excited for that :)
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