Father's Day Concerto

It was another Father's day and another summer solstice concert.
I remember once that this concert was in August but I could be wrong.
Kieran's was the first of the more advanced solos.

This is a new milestone since he's now a Book 1 Graduate.  And he's not wearing the same outfit that he wore the last few times, cuz he's outgrown it finally. I usually have recorded more of the solos, but this time I sat and enjoyed listening to them.  It is amazing how far the kids have come.  One student plays a viola and it sounds different.  Slightly lower, but beautiful.

Too bad that one kid never sticks around to listen to the other kids play.  I won't say who it is, but it's the pirate shirt kid.  They did this last year.  He does his pieces and then they split.  I think it's disrespectful to the teacher, and the rest of the students.  But the other thing is that you miss out on seeing and hearing where you could be in a year or two or three.

And they always sit in the front row.  So you can't miss them packing up and leaving and meanwhile there's more kids doing solos.   It's sad that a parent would teach this behaviour to kids.  If you aren't really interested in enjoying the concert then don't come at all.  It left a bad taste in my mouth.  The only upside was that it cleared the front row.  So less heads in my photos!

But fortunately it's the Taste of Little Italy on College west of Bathurst.  We have been here for a few years now and this is our first time going.  And it was kinda
hot and humid today, but luckily we found an mediterranean place amongst the restaurants on College St.

We hit an ice cream place for a mini cone and another place for a big freezee for Kieran. Cuz it was hot and he needed something cool as we were trying to decide.  It's tough when you are hungry to not go for the first place you see.  Because when you are hungry you'll eat bad food because you have no filter.  But some people like bad food.  Bad food just makes you feel crappy afterwards.

So we walked.  Almost bought a pizza.  Thank God Tereza said we should keep going for another block before we decide.  Then we stumbled on Ghazale.  I didn't feel like pulled pork sliders or some M&M meat skewers.  We got a veggie platter with a samosa and shared it.  Then we picked up a pizza slice for Kieran on the way home.  And he was good.

Awesome music, great weather, and good food = a really nice Father's day.

Violin concert photos