High
School Notes
School
musical events are – kindly put - famous for their unusual
“interpretations” of famous works, and, last week, my son’s
school didn’t only come up with all of the normal surprises, it
also provided a moment that will stay for a very long time!
The
evening went according to plan with the usual mix of all types of
music, and,
as the evening progressed, so, too, did the standard of singing and
playing. But, as always, it’s the very small things that provide
for the memories that people go home with, and, this year’s
surprise came just after the music had finished.
Instead
of applause there was silence! Something had happened. And it was
holding us all in its grip!
Whilst
standing up to bow, one of the violinists, a girl of 15, discovered
that her violin wouldn’t let her go. It had become entangled
in her left earring
– and - it wasn’t about to release
her!
Concentrating
on what they had to do, the other members of this small group of
musicians, a girl on the piano, another girl on the second violin,
and two maths teachers began seriously trying to liberate this young
girl from her now vicious and biting 4 stringed
toothless normally beautiful instrument.
Of
course, it only took them about 90 seconds to free this poor girl,
and then, all being well again, the audience erupted into a
body of unified thanks and grateful applause! The
musicians were thankful, too, and, in order to show it, they sat down
again and treated us all to a perfect conclusion in the form of an
unforgetable wonderful encore.
And,
that’s what this evening was. A night of fulfilled expectations,
an evening of beauty, and the experiencing of something so rare, that
it connected - so fully - the hearts and souls of everyone present!
Selected
Vocabulary
biting
– bissig
entangled
– (entangle/entangled/entangled) verfangen
encore
- Zugabe
erupted
– erupt/erupted/erupted - ausbrechen
earring
– Ohrring
expectations
- Erwartungen
grateful
- dankbar
Kindly
put – Schön ausgedrückt
toothless
– zahnlos
release
– befreien
unified
– vereinigt
vicious
– gewalttätig
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