Dress Rehearsal
Papa, do you want to listen to me practice for my audition? Cici asked me last night. Sure, I told her. You have to stay in our home office, she told me. If you come to my bedroom to listen I will get nervous. Sweetie, don't you think it might help with your nervousness if you practiced with Mama and me in your bedroom listening to you play? She acquiesced, so Ping and I joined her to listen.
Ping and I listened in silence as Cici played a very long and complicated sounding minuet - perfectly. Sweetie, that was competition level playing, I told her when she finished. You played it with so much confidence; never a second of hesitation, no missed notes, no stopping and starting over. That was beautiful! I could sense that she was pleased; she knew she had nailed it.
So it really doesn't matter what they think of her playing skills at the school today, or whether they have a spot for her to join the school as a junior. I now understand why Cici's band director has always praised her so highly. This kid can flat play that flute!
Ping and I listened in silence as Cici played a very long and complicated sounding minuet - perfectly. Sweetie, that was competition level playing, I told her when she finished. You played it with so much confidence; never a second of hesitation, no missed notes, no stopping and starting over. That was beautiful! I could sense that she was pleased; she knew she had nailed it.
So it really doesn't matter what they think of her playing skills at the school today, or whether they have a spot for her to join the school as a junior. I now understand why Cici's band director has always praised her so highly. This kid can flat play that flute!
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