| | A BIRD and A BLENDERSo, I was teaching a Master Class yesterday. On the 'hotseat' was James, 9 years old.
He was concentrating very hard on developing his dynamics and vibrato more fully for his performance as the Opener for the upcoming concert with GFA Winner Marcin Dylla.
Then, a bird flew through the room. A cute, little sparrow...The door had been propped open and somehow it had found it's way in...and all of the adults (except maybe three - me, James' mom and one other guy who realized that 7 adults vs. one sparrow was probably enough) mobilized to help it find the way out again.
Meanwhile, James is concentrating as though nothing special is going on. The bird is dipping and swooping with the gallery of Parents and Teachers close behind waving arms and notebooks, attempting to guide it back to the door or through an open window. It was noisy. And a little chaotic. In a crazy way.
Kudos to James who didn't miss a beat - as the saying goes - but kept right on going to a good performance on the piece.
Then today there was the Blender. Yes, well, at breakfast one of the young ladies here was making a smoothie. I never saw this technique before:
Fill the blender up really full.
Turn it on and stand there for two or more minutes while it runs. Just stand there.
If you let it run long enough, it will make it really smooth like a milkshake....
(WHAT, you mean it won't???)
Put more stuff in. Better let it run some more. A good, long while. Stand there while this happens.
WOW!!! WHAT A LOT OF NOISE!! Something like a lawnmower at your breakfast table.
The usual blender protocols were not in use (maybe the book was lost or she just was never shown how efficiently they work when only half full, stirred often and the PULSE button is used!)
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| | Posted 7/18/2008 9:28 PM - 9 views - 2 comments
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