Summer Fiddlers

When It is HOT outside came on in and play your fiddle!

Just playing around with shadow photography....can't spell the other word...lol!

At The Recital

Getting ready for the recital....look MA ... no shoes, it's summer!

Oh we just love Landon!

Well for the last three weeks I taught all together 8 children to play fiddle music and just have a fun time playing their stringed instruments. It was with the help an encouragement of my daughter Leslie that I took on this project. I taught them some technique and theory. I helped them play better in tune and helped them with their bowing. We played some musical games, but mostly we played lots of music, both serious and fun fiddle tunes and had lots of fun doing it.
There was Landon Smith on Cello and Layna Smith on Violin. There was Rylie Van Siver on Violin who is the Smith's Cousin. Kaithlyn Hooper on Violin and Connor on the Cello. There was Jolie Smithson who is Kate's best friend. Then I had two girls from the ward, Samantha Schuelke on violin and Makenna Turley on Viola. McKenna left before we were done but she was heading down to Nashville, Tennessee ... fiddle tune haven!

Layna, Rylie, Sam, Kate, Jolie, Connor and Landon

We played Simple Gifts, Ode to Joy as some classical type of music and then I Am a Child of God and the fiddle tunes, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Mama Don't Allow, Rocky Top, Old Joe Clark and Cripple Creek.

If we do this next year I can make "them tunes harder."

I sure had a lot of fun teaching them!What a Totally Fun time we all had! Well at least I know I DID!