Le Xuan's music school organizes piano recitals every year. Given that she joined the school only in February, this was her very first piano recital.
Le Xuan chose the song "Animal Band" as her performance piece. Preparing for the recital was not easy as she had to memorize the score and observed the basic protocol of walking to the piano, adjusting the bench, sitting properly, fingers in ready position before she starts, and also do a curtsy after her performance. She also had to attend two rehearsals on weekends prior to the actual day performance. These may sound trivial to us, but it could be very overwhelming for a 6-7 year old kid.
When the day arrived, I could see that Le Xuan was quite nervous in the morning, so I did not ask her to practice her song before we made our way to the performance venue. Too bad Papa was still at Barcelona that day and couldn't make it to her first piano recital. I'm sure Papa would have been able to help relieve darling's jitters that day, and darling would be even happier to have both Papa and Mama watch her performance.
After dressing Le Xuan up, we made our way down to Forte Academy at Waterloo street which was the concert venue. When it was finally her turn to perform, I could hear many people saying "soooo cute!!" when she walked up to the grand piano. As she was very nervous, there were a couple of hiccups, but she still managed to complete the whole song. Everyone gave her a huge round of applause when she gave a cute little curtsy after her performance. Although she could have played much better, I was also glad that she did not give up halfway and chose to complete the song. Bro's family was there to support Le Xuan too.
Le Xuan playing "Animal Band"
Happy to receive a certificate of participation
I believe that this was a great exposure for Le Xuan and that she will gradually learn to be more confident in future. I'm so proud of our little big princess and hope she'll continue to enjoy music and piano as she grows up.
