Piano Recital

For doing well in school, we gave the girls little bags of gifts that included games and little toys and activities for the summer. But the big gift was to take them to a big piano recital. We took them to see Pianist Simone Dinnerstein play Bach at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Concert Hall in OC.

Christian got us pretty nice seats. We had a box that overlooked the stage. We sat directly behind and above the piano, so the girls could see her hands and fingers as she played. She played a French and English Suite and two Partitas. It might have beeen a bit much for someone of Caitlyn's age but she did pretty good. It didn't start until 8:pm so she was getting tired by intermission and fell asleep in my lap halfway through the last Partita. She woke up when the clapping broke out and she was awake to hear the encore which was a lovely piece by Schumann called "Of Foreign Lands and People." The kids were familiar with the piece, thanks to Classical Baby! Overall, the girls enjoyed the experience (and mom and dad greatly enjoyed the performance) and hopefully it will inspire them to work on their piano lessons this summer!