Music season

Suddenly it's music season, and we've got a busy several days.

First up, last Sunday Mulan and Miya played in the West City Youth Concert Band, at their Unveiled show (I wrote about it here).

Then on Friday night Westlake Girls and Boys schools put on a combined Gala show with all their music groups performing.  With so many groups the show was over five hours long, and split into two sessions.  Mulan, playing her cello in the Westlake Symphony Orchestra, performed last, which meant that she didn't get home until after 10:30pm.

Mama bought a ticket to watch the show, but Miya and I stayed home.  No, it's not because we don't care about Mulan.  It was just that we wanted to sleep, because ...

Yesterday (Saturday) morning we had to leave home at 6am to drive to Hamilton.  The New Zealand Concert Bands Association are having their Nationals competition this weekend at Waikato University, and West City Youth Concert Band had their 30 minute slot at 9am.  The livestream worked, and you can watch their performance 39 minutes into it here.  Mulan's on the left playing her flute while Miya's on the right playing her clarinet.

After lunch, at 1pm the Band had a 40-minute workshop, where they got some tips on how to make it sound even better.

Looking ahead, on Tuesday Mulan is back with her school orchestra, playing at the KBB music festival.  As the Pupuke Pops Players they are performing at 11:30am, and then as the Westlake Symphony Orchestra they are on at 2:30pm.

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Meanwhile, dance is still continuing.  Today Mulan has over six hours of ballet, while Miya has two.  On Friday Mulan will sit her RAD Advanced 1 ballet exam.