Miriam’s Junior Prom

On Saturday Miriam went to her Junior Prom with her good friend Liv. She asked me to take pictures of their matching dresses, which I chose to do in front of the venue for the event: Union Station. She had a blast dancing, hanging out with friends, and enjoying the fancy meal they provided. Props to Aaron for being my voice-activated light stand so I didn’t have to combat a breeze and could focus on taking photos.

Aaron’s “Recruiting Concert” and Upcoming Audition

Aaron is currently in the Philharmonic group of the Worcester Youth Orchestra, which is the tier made up largely of a mix of junior high and early high school students. He is auditioning on May 20 for a spot in the Symphony Orchestra, the top group, which is almost exclusively high school students. He has been working very hard at his audition music and will absolutely be up to the challenge of the more rigorous music if he makes it. Since his moving up will leave the Philharmonic without a double bass player (unless there’s someone auditioning we are unaware of), he has told the conductor that he will be happy to volunteer his time to provide bass support for concerts when it doesn’t overlap with Symphony.

He also performed in his second to last school concert of the year. It’s their annual “recruiting” concert, where they invite visitors from the elementary and lower middle (5-6) schools to hear the band, orchestra, and choir perform interesting pieces. To showcase the orchestras’ different instruments, the teacher selected individuals to perform brief solos. Aaron did a 15 second selection from Star Wars, to a number of whoops and claps from the audience. His final concert with Oak will be on June 5. He has already met the orchestra teacher he will have as a freshman in the fall and likes him a lot.