Orchestra
camp is gone for another year, but I am so thankful for all of the special
memories that I now carry from the weekend and for all of the things I learned!
My sister (who also plays the violin) was able to come along this year, as well
as two of my friends from the area.
My
whole family had planned to go along until a last minute change of plans the
morning that we were going to leave. Only three of us—my mother, sister, and I—ended
up going. We left Thursday morning and arrived at the Elnora Bible Institute in
Elnora, Indiana late in the afternoon. After getting settled into our dorm room
we visited with the other musicians who had arrived until the first rehearsal
that evening. After practicing the music with my sister and two friends for the
past two months it was so much fun to hear it with the whole orchestra!
Friday
and Saturday were filled with chapel, practice time, rehearsals, sectional
practice, music workshops, visiting, meals, and more practice!
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| Me marking my music |
All too soon, it
was time for the Saturday evening dress rehearsal. It’s amazing what two days
of dedicated practice can do—it sounded so different than our first rehearsal
only 48 hours before!
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| The whole orchestra rehearsing on Friday |
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| I just have to include this because I like it. :) During one of the breaks on Saturday my mother, sister, two other musicians, and I took a walk out behind the school to this little "town", which is part of the fairgrounds. This is the church building for the little fairground town. |
On
Sunday we had brunch, morning chapel, dorm cleanup, and breakfast. Then we got
a group picture and did some last minute going over the music. At two o’clock
we had the final concert.
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| Group Photo |
After
the concert we had goodbyes to say—that was the only sad part of the whole
weekend. :( We left for home around five that evening and arrived home just
over nine hours later. I’m already looking forward to next year! Until then, I’m excited about all of the new musical skills that I am going to be putting into practice!
(Be watching for videos! :-)
4 comments:
I loved seeing all the pictures Anna! They were so much fun to look at. It sounds like you had a great time.:)
I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures, Salinn! Yes, we did have a great time! :-)
I like the picture of you and Sarah. :) I loved reading your post! Orchestra camp seemed to go so fast this year, I was really enjoying it and couldn't believe it was over already! I glad we got to be stand partners. :) Keep posting on your blog- I enjoy reading it!
Thank you Victoria, I liked that picture, too! :) I agree - it did go WAY too fast. I really wish they'd make it more than three days long! Thank you for being such a patient stand partner! ;)
I hope that posting will be a little more frequent now that I'm not practicing for AOC. And I always enjoy your comments!
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