9/2/09

Saturday was Junior Orchestra. Money is going really well, and we managed to reach the end of the Shake Down without stopping which is a first! Both Michael and Francisca were there so the cellos were pretty strong - its been just me up until now. None of them have ever heard Money Money Money, which is a bit weird, so we're going to hopefully play it to them next time I think. I brought a really quite nice cello home to practise on. I think it must be the best cello KMS have, and its actually quite good! So the practise has been going well. The rest of Saturday consisted of walking to Carys' house (her road is just round the corner, turns out she lives practically the other end of it!) and going to a bar nearby to watch the England vs Italy rugby match. Sam joined us there. Rugby is definately the less popular sport here, but bar we went to had a few screens of rugby and the rest on the Chelsea game that was on simultaneously. We also had the Chelsea commentary going on, not the rugby, which was a bit weird but still at least we got to watch the match! It was nice seeing quite a lot of other English people there too, either supporting their home country, or Chelsea. So that was a fun evening.
Sunday was a chilled out day at home really. Did lots of playing, a bit of reading in the evening sun (it was cloudy nearly the whole day...) and sorted out my timetable. Sam rung me up telling me how insanely busy he is now with all these new guitar students so I have taken on 2 cello pupils from KMS for him - Soloman (who is taking his Grade 5) and Julius. So that brings my total of students up to 5. Lovely number! Haha. Musicianship has changed to Thurs evenings after the Informal concert that happens every week. Apparently the concerts are very popular so we're hoping lots of people will stay for our classes so we get a better turn out. Siya starts her business course this week so last night was taken up by her asking me what the difference between a manager and a leader is, and the difference between delegation and authority - while she was reading in preparation. I wasn't much use though as I've never studied business but it was quite a laugh. Fatu is studying very hard for her mocks that also start this week.
Today (Monday) is another quiet day as I dont have to be in school until 5 to teach Julius, then it's Senior Orch at 7. Apparently Sam has only taught Julius once as he's a bit unpredictable about lessons, so we'll see how it goes. I decided to make some cookies for the family and despite the fact I had to make slight adjustments to the ingredients - they've turned out ok! Which is a relief. We're also meant to be cooking either a Pumpkin or banana cake at some point, for the 'ladies' that come round every Tues. They have tea and cake and I think they sell arts and crafts too. I'm not sure coz I've always been teaching. But my lessons with Michael have been changed to 11 now though so I might get to see what happens tomorrow.
Will let you know! X