Paris was awesome! I mean absolutely, positively, genuinely awesome!
The performances were amazing, especially at Jardin Du Luxembourg. So many people stopped to watch and listen to us, and then gave so much positive feedback. A woman came up to me and my friend and congratulated us and we had a lovely conversation about music and the weather!
We even ended up playing an encore of one of the best songs I think I have ever played on the clarinet - called 'Instant Concert' - the smile on my face at the end of it was worth seeing!!!
It's nice to be home, though. I don't tend to get homesick anymore, but I love my house and I love my family!
And then I'm off again on Saturday - camping in Nottingham for a week!
They'll forget what I look like by the time I'm back...
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Service with a smile (literally)
My mother and I went shopping in the big city today, which we've never really done together just the both of us. So when we got there, my mum decided that she fancied a coffee, so I had a hot chocolate and a cookie and that was that.
I then finished my hot chocolate and this was staring back at me at the bottom of the mug:
It made my day!
I also started brushing up a bit on my French on the way back, seeing as Paris is only a few days away. Yeah, it didn't quite go to plan...
But at least I can order a sandwich (sort of) and ask where the toilets are. That's got to count for something!
I could always point!
I then finished my hot chocolate and this was staring back at me at the bottom of the mug:
I also started brushing up a bit on my French on the way back, seeing as Paris is only a few days away. Yeah, it didn't quite go to plan...
But at least I can order a sandwich (sort of) and ask where the toilets are. That's got to count for something!
I could always point!
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Clarinetting My Way to the US of A (well, not quite)...
I'm going to Paris! Yaaay!
I've been playing clarinet in my county's Senior Wind Band for the last year or so, and on Friday we're going on tour! To Paris! For four days! And we're going to Disneyland!
I don't actually care too much about Disneyland, but I'm really looking forward to playing in Paris - I've never played outside of my school or local area before, so that should be fun. And the band is serious, which is awesome, so I feel like I'm actually achieving something musically by going there!
I have been abroad before - with my family - but not without (unless you count going to England abroad; you DO have to cross a channel!), so I'm actually really looking forward. And hopefully I'll get to meet new people. Maybe. If I can pluck up the courage to speak to them. Which isn't very likely. I am getting better, though; I'm not so socially awkward anymore (if I say so myself)...
AND I now have a French GCSE to my name. Hopefully.
Well, anyway, the clarinet is finally getting a well-deserved holiday!!!
I've been playing clarinet in my county's Senior Wind Band for the last year or so, and on Friday we're going on tour! To Paris! For four days! And we're going to Disneyland!
I don't actually care too much about Disneyland, but I'm really looking forward to playing in Paris - I've never played outside of my school or local area before, so that should be fun. And the band is serious, which is awesome, so I feel like I'm actually achieving something musically by going there!
I have been abroad before - with my family - but not without (unless you count going to England abroad; you DO have to cross a channel!), so I'm actually really looking forward. And hopefully I'll get to meet new people. Maybe. If I can pluck up the courage to speak to them. Which isn't very likely. I am getting better, though; I'm not so socially awkward anymore (if I say so myself)...
AND I now have a French GCSE to my name. Hopefully.
Well, anyway, the clarinet is finally getting a well-deserved holiday!!!
Reviews and other non-teenagery things
So...blogging...
I'm not really sure what to do here, or whether what I'm doing is right, but basically the whole point of this is for me to express my views and randomness to the world...Or something... Ok, maybe not the world; maybe more myself and a close-knit group of others. Unless the world wants this kind of thing, that is.
Oh, I don't know...
Anyway, I thought, because I'm a bit of a nerd and really like books and films and music and stuff, that I'd try and post some reviews on this blog. Like various reviews on various things, and if you want to read them, then great.
I don't really do exciting things all the time, especially since I'm on 'leave' from school until September, but I'll try and blog too about my life - various things. Mainly so that I can look back in 5 or 10 years time and see what I was like (if I don't remember, or something).
I'm not really sure what to do here, or whether what I'm doing is right, but basically the whole point of this is for me to express my views and randomness to the world...Or something... Ok, maybe not the world; maybe more myself and a close-knit group of others. Unless the world wants this kind of thing, that is.
Oh, I don't know...
Anyway, I thought, because I'm a bit of a nerd and really like books and films and music and stuff, that I'd try and post some reviews on this blog. Like various reviews on various things, and if you want to read them, then great.
I don't really do exciting things all the time, especially since I'm on 'leave' from school until September, but I'll try and blog too about my life - various things. Mainly so that I can look back in 5 or 10 years time and see what I was like (if I don't remember, or something).
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