Last weekend was the talent show at Michelle\u2019s school. This was in lieu of the usual musical production that they\u2019ve been putting on the last few years. The main difference is that this format doensn\u2019t have the pre-K thru 4th grade, so logistically it\u2019s much easier. For the older kids it\u2019s not that much different; they have to audition, but then they can do an act of their choosing. Most are music, some are comedy or dance.<\/p>\n
Michelle sang Don\u2019t Cry for Me Argentina with her friend accompanying her on piano. The did really well and I was amazed how high the vocal part goes on that song. Some of the other acts were really good, and some sort of just there, but everyone had a great time. This year there was no orchestra, just either piano or karaoke depending on the song. I did the sound mixing for the event, which was a good chance to try out some of my new PA equipment.<\/p>\n
Then on Monday Lizzy\u2019s song a theatre group did a show with a rock band theme with a similar format. A bunch of kids, including Lizzy and a group of her friends, did songs with various adults (professional musicians) accompanying them, and were really good. Some of the other kids did full-on rock bands, but they weren\u2019t ready for prime time, and worse they had three songs each!<\/p>\n
At least the time was well spent for me. I\u2019ve been thinking about ideas for my next origami book, but I\u2019ve been too busy to fold anything lately. One idea I had was to expand the Origami from Space concept into a full book. So I came up with a model I\u2019m calling Space Probe or maybe Radiosatellite. It\u2019s a spaceship with a radio dish, boom antenna and some solar panels. A bit like V\u2019ger but not quite. I folded one out of the program, and then last night while I was working on code, during compile time. Pics coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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