New Fiddles

Darn kids keep growing. :) Both Colin and Robyn have out grown their fiddles. Robyn got her new one this week and Colin's new one is at Duree's getting all fixed up with new strings and a new bridge and such. When you buy cheap fiddles off Ebay, you have to figure on needing some work. We got the last two the same way and they have been AWESOME little fiddles. Straight from Great Tunes they stink! But for another $60, Duree at Shiverick's violin fixes them up just great. With new strings and remodeled bridges, they hold their tune and everything.
When Robyn got her new one back from Duree, she played it for the first time and said, "Wow, It's really loud!" It is amazing how much more sound comes out of a little bigger violin.
Raylene asked them to play their violins in the Primary program this fall. We will start learning "Families can be Together Forever" next week. It would be fun for them (and much better for me) if they got to play in the program this year. I did it last time and it is scary! We will see how it goes.
They have a little group that they play with and they are supposed to be performing at a Nursing home next month. Colin struggles with playing with the group because he likes to be "first fiddle" and it bugs him to have to follow another lead fiddle. His teacher was trying to get him to do his songs like the group is supposed to do them and he didn't want to. She explained that his way the songs are too short and that people will want to hear longer songs. He said, "what if they are in a hurry and only want to listen for three minutes?" That boy has an answer for everything! We need find some classics on humility to study. She just told him that if he wants to play with the group, then he has to play like the group plays. I told her that was just what I said to him. Our goal is love of fiddling and he has his agency to choose how and what he plays. If he chooses to be lazy, he chooses to not play with the group. I think that he will choose to play with the group in the long run because it is so fun to jam and perform. He may have to sit out a few performances before he gets his act together though. They are planning on playing in a few parades on a float and doing some shows during the various community days in the parks this summer. It should be lots of fun. I hope I can keep up with a new baby and all.
Keri, if you are interested in interning this summer as a homeschooling mother, I just may have an opening. The pay stinks, but the experience will be priceless. Hint, Hint.