Impromptu Concert

We were at our neighbour's for a semi-annual dinner.  Dinner is always amazingly good and Sonal always makes us play games.  She's really into it.  And the kids are now able to participate as well.  No video games or electronic devices here.  These get togethers are a throwback to a day when families did these sort of things.  To become closer...well, families.

And we don't just sit around eating and talking gossip or crap like that, and drinking and more eating, more talking that sounds more like complaining, and getting stuffed and bloated to the point where you are going to explode.  The games get everyone involved and enjoying the company of close friends and family.  It's a blast.

I think I gotta start thinking of stuff like this at our family gatherings.  There's certainly enough of us to participate.  The last time we played monopoly with all the kids.  I was the banker and it was awesome.  No texting...well limited texting.  Hard to break these kids today of these habits.  Being connected all the time is not a healthy thing.

I'll have to bring the Bingo set next time.  I know I can find some junk around our house that we could pass off as prizes.  I've done it before.  But these teens, now heading into university weren't even 10 yrs old.  Back then I got these ignorant kids to fight over my old karate belts and foil blankets from my races, thinking they were great stuff.  Hey someone else's junk is another kid's parents treasure.  It's outta my house!  The word is 'purge'.

Back to the dinner.  I'm not sure how we got on the topic of music lessons, but I must have asked Samatva if he learned any songs on his violin yet.  And I mentioned that Kieran could show him.  And he did.  And then Kieran asked if I could get his violin from our house.  It was a long walk from this semi to our semi.  But I got it, plus the cameras.

It must have been Yahvi's east indian dance show that motivated Kieran's desire to show how far he's come along with his violin.  And also he's supposed to do a string concert with two of his classmates.  Emma has a violin and Adrian plays the cello.  Both have been practicing longer than Kieran, but it's good for him to play with more advanced kids.  He'll learn and catch up.  And he gets pretty excited about it.  His violin is something he seems pretty proud of and keen on.  And his teacher is awesome.  Pretty happy about that.

The suzuki method involves the parent.  So I am actually learning to play the violin as well.  Although it sounds more like a cat in heat, or in pain.  Sounds like it's more in pain.  But Kieran has taught me twinkle little star.  And his mentoring me on how to play the violin, reinforces his learning.  As well as it makes it fun for both of us.

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It was a big milestone for Kieran and Samat to step up and put on an impromptu violin duet in front of all of us.