Themed Shoot || Country/Western {Installment 3}

See here for Installment 1 and here for Installment 2 :)

: : And afterwards we finished with food + chat :) Thank again guys! : :

Themed Shoot || Country/Western {Installment 2}

See here for installment 1!

: : We all need a little push sometimes : :

Kiddos asked for an explanation and these options were supplied, take your pick Alex said :P

1) "Alex carefully balancing on a tightrope while cameraman points finger"

2) "Cameraman pretends to gently encourage tiny Alex"

3) "Model maker manipulates miniature figurines in lifelike display"

4) "Alex desperately escaping a giant Isaac"

5) "Cameraman with obviously too much time on his hands has a laugh between photo shoots"

6) "What is Alex doing"

"Running for his life by the looks"

Themed Shoot || Country/Western {Installment 1}

I typically don't get photos of myself very often these days, so when I wanted a themed shot for my 21st, I asked some friends to help out :P This will have to be the first installment, since I haven't made time to edit the rest yet lol. Thanks again Alex (ARROWHEAD) and Isaac (SkyzoneNZ) :)

Concert @ Bethesda Resthome

Although not something we have done a lot of, historically, performance is an important aspect of music education. Along with the Campbells (who teach Jarrod and Monique violin), and my recorder students, we concluded term 2 with a concert at Bethesda Resthome in Manukau.

: : Opening with Amazing Grace : :

: : Violin Duets : :

Allegro Andante by John Stanley on my flute:

Danielle began clarinet at the beginning of this year, but she has/has just about caught up to the year 2 students, so we asked her to play a solo. Just before she walked up she asked me what she should play, but since I don't oversee either her lessons or practice, I wasn't really sure. I did, however, expect her to play something she had worked on in her lessons and could play well. So I was a little surprised when she announced she would play Botany Bay, which she found the music for online fairly recently! That's typical Danielle style though, so I should have known(!), and she played really well.

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Responding to Readers' Questions || Life as a Homeschooler

I received another comment in response to the one I responded to here. I'm going to address three of the questions from it here: 1) Do I like homeschooling? 2) Do I ever wish I went to school? and 3) What kind of things do I do in each day? 

1) No, I don't like homeschooling. I LOVE it. Haha. My years of formal homeschooling (academics) are nearly over, but I am, and likely always will be, a homeschooler at heart.

2) Are you kidding me?! I'm nearly eighteen and more interested in job opportunities actually! :) But in the past . . . Well, for a short time before entering high school (level, that is) I did. But otherwise, no. I loved life as a homeschooler too much! :)

3) My average day would involve school work, music practice (flute especially, maybe guitar as well), folding washing (we all have assigned chores and that's my daily one), teaching (recorder) and some free time. One day a week I work with my dad in our family-owned import/wholesale business dispatching orders and doing some data entry, invoicing, taking/editing images, and updating catalogues and various other documents. Currently I'm designing a new catalogue as well. 

So there are my thoughts on those three questions. And if anything isn't clear, well then there's a comment section. ;) haha

"It's not that big!"

Advice anyone??

So I'm looking at getting a basic (read cheap lol) acoustic guitar, and I'm wondering which brand would be best: Ashton, Cort, or Aria? Does anyone on here have any ideas?? Thanks!! :D