The kids participated in their first music contest of this year. It was held at School Of The Osage High School. Between the 2 kids, Lee in band and choir and Savana in multiple choirs, I had 9 performances to get to yesterday. Dad, Mom, Kim and I ran all over the school trying to get to everything we wanted to hear. We had to miss Lee's Chamber Choir in order to hear Savana's vocal solo but we made it to the rest. This is both kids first time to try solo's at contest, very scary and hard to stand up by yourself in front of a judge. My final words to the kids were " just remember that the judge was once in your shoes and knows how scary it is...do your best! And they both performed like professionals! Savana commented after finishing her songs that "That was really fun" It made her judge smile :) even after 9 hours of listening to endless teenage crooners!
I have tried to upload the kids vocal solo videos without success, so I guess I will just give you the verbal descriptions. Savana was given a II+ rating, which is "very good". Lee was given a I rating which is "excellent". I could not have been more proud than I was on Saturday. Looking forward to 2 weeks from now when they perform again on March 23rd in Jefferson City. They both learned a lot from their judges comments and have new techniques to experiment with the next time.
Eldon band received a I, Eldon Concert Choir a II-, Eldon Chamber Choir a II+, Osage Concert Choir a II, Osage Womens Choir a I, Osage Girls Glee a II and Savana's ensemble of 6 girls received a II. All of these are very good to excellent ratings for our schools!
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