Peder played for shoppers and parents at the Galleria tonight outside Nordstrom Dept. Store. The Galleria has all day music this weekend and his piano teacher had an hour of it. So, Peder got to play three pieces: The Time Machine, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and Jingle Bells. His teacher played with him for the first piece (smart of her, since he's very shy about playing in front of people). He played by himself for the rest. He was the first to play too (again, smart on her part since he could have easily changed his mind about playing). Twelve students played in all during the hour.
We prepared him very little for this in an effort to make it sound casual, and it was. But I didn't know the set up and before we got there, I commented to him that everyone will be walking around and not listening much, so he was not to worry. When we got there, though, he was surprised that there was a good amount of seating available for those who wanted to sit and listen during the recital. All the people who sat were parents and family of the players, so it was a supportive crowd.
The bottom picture is of him looking out at the audience after he was finished. He was supposed to take a bow, but I think he was just glad it was over. We were so proud of him!! He got a hot pretzel after the performance was over.
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