Student Accomplishments

I was impressed by one of my students today. Last night she had come to my house to ask me if I would go to Uncle Jim's house with her to play for him on Saturday afternoon. I agreed and at 10 to 2 sure enough she showed up at my house to walk down to Uncle Jim's house to play. Uncle Jim, who appeared on CBC recently, has an avid interest in music and photography. He loves to hear people play musical instruments and loves to see the younger generation of this community learn music so their rich musical traditions can live on. So today my student played for him. I figured she would play about 5 songs but she played about 20 or more songs on her fiddle. I was quite impressed with her and so was Uncle Jim. It was so rewarding to see the accomplishments she has made in violin/fiddle since I first heard her play last October. Not only could see read the music she can also read in 6/8 time. I am so happy for your accomplishments. I just hope that she will continue to play fiddle when she finishes school. Here is a picture: