Angie's spring concert

Angela will be singing with the Salt Lake Children's Choir in their spring concert on May 9th and 10th at 7:30 pm. The concert will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on South Temple and C Street. Tickets are $8 or $5 for students, and can be purchased from Angela. If Angela sells 20 tickets then each ticket will only be $5 each. They will be recording this concert, so children under 6 years will not be admitted. We hope you will be able to enjoy their beautiful angelic voices at the concert.

Talks at Church

On April 13th, both Julianna and James gave talks at church. James was asked to talk in primary about Following the Prophet, and Julianna was asked to talk in Sacrament Meeting about an article in this month's New Era magazine called, "Worthy Thoughts Worthy Music".
James talked about sustaining President Monson as the new President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. And about sustaining the first presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as prophets seers and revelators. Then he focused on the talk in the Sunday Afternoon Session by M. Russell Ballard when he talked to the children about what they could do to help their mothers and families. He told the children that if they helped to put away their toys, and do chores around the house and Hug their Mother and tell her that they love her, they are following the Prophet.
Both Julianna and James did a good job giving their talks.

The Wiz

Julianna has been taking a theater class at Rodgers Memorial Theater this past school year. They will soon be ready to perform "The Wiz" for audiences at the theater. "The Wiz" is a 1960s play on "The Wizard of OZ" complete with lots of "hippy" expressions. It should be a lot of fun.
Opening night is Friday April 18th. There is a show each night of the week except Sunday, and there are 3 shows on Saturdays (1:00, 4:00 and 7:00). The show closes after Saturday April 26th. Julianna will be in each of the plays but will have a more major roll on Friday the 18th, Wed the 23rd, and the 4:00 show on Saturday the 26th. Tickets are $6. I hope you will get a chance to go.

Marie's Viola Recital

Saturday night, right after the Priesthood session of General Conference, Marie played a viola recital. She played beautifully.
The Alan Edwards family, in her ward, invited her to play a recital in their home for some of their friends and Marie's family. We are so grateful for their hospitality.
Marie asked Diane Bastian, the best accompanist in all of Bountiful, to accompany her. She also did a wonderful job. It is true what Alan said at the end of the recital, "The best recitals are ones where the soloist and accompanist play duets." We have appreciated Diane's skill and willingness to accompany our daughters for many years. She is such a blessing to us.
Marie played Bach's Concerto No. 1 in a minor on violin so she could use it for an application for Suzuki violin teacher training. She also played 2 movements of a Brahms Sonata (No. 1), 2 movements from Bach's unaccompanied cello suites (on viola), and a movement of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata. And she added for some "easy listening" Schubert's Ave Maria, and an unaccompanied arrangement of the hymn, "Where Can I Turn For Peace" which she arranged when she was in high school for a Seminary assembly.
A lot of our family came to the recital. We were very pleased that they came. After all of her preparation, if there had been little to no audience, it would have been disappointing. As it was, we felt like the recital was a big success.
Thanks Marie, for sharing your talent with us.