Cool Things Your Kids Do!

SteveDallas · 06-04-2009, 09:54 AM

Miss Dallas and Young Master Dallas both auditioned for a local youth orchestra on Saturday. Last night we learned by email that they both got in.

It was almost a shoe-in for Miss Dallas, even though she's mentally checking out of almost everything requiring effort as the school year ends. There are very few orchestras at this level that don't need every competent cellist they can get their hands on.

As a trumpet player, and considerably younger (going into 5th grade) than most of the kids in the orchestra (8th-9th for the most part), Young Master Dallas was much more doubtful. He's very good, but just from a numbers standpoint they were unlikely to be looking for more than one or at most two new trumpets.

Flint · 06-04-2009, 10:04 AM

The girl has developed a new art technique:

1) Find a wet patch on the back porch where the water hose leaks;
2) rub large-sized sidewalk chalk into the wet area to create a highly-pigmented paste (looks like oil pastels);
3) place your tiny, cute hands in the paste and then make little colorful handprints all over stuff in the backyard.

I think this is pretty creative for a 2 year-old kid to have come up with completely on her own.

06-04-2009, 10:04 AM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The girl has developed a new art technique: 1) Find a wet patch on the back porch where the water hose leaks; 2) rub large-sized sidewalk chalk into the wet area to create a highly-pigmented paste (looks like oil pastels); 3) place your tiny, cute hands in the paste and then make little colorful handprints all over stuff in the backyard. I think this is pretty creative for a 2 year-old kid to have come up with completely on her own. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-04-2009, 09:54 AM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Miss Dallas and Young Master Dallas both auditioned for a local youth orchestra on Saturday. Last night we learned by email that they both got in. It was almost a shoe-in for Miss Dallas, even though she's mentally checking out of almost everything requiring effort as the school year ends. There are very few orchestras at this level that don't need every competent cellist they can get their hands on. As a trumpet player, and considerably younger (going into 5th grade) than most of the kids in the orchestra (8th-9th for the most part), Young Master Dallas was much more doubtful. He's very good, but just from a numbers standpoint they were unlikely to be looking for more than one or at most two new trumpets.

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