Concerts Galore!

At our house, the third week in December, was the week of Christmas choir concerts.

Sunday, we started off the week with a Stake Music Concert. This big production included a full orchestra and many lovely numbers.

Thursday, was Rylee's highschool choir concert. We loved the closing number where all the choirs surrounded us and sang their last song together. Saturday, was the Cantus Winter Concert. The choir was composed and crisp. Rylee-Melissa-Eliza

And then on Sunday, we went to the Institute Christmas Concert, directed by Craig Spjute. It was fun, relaxed and family oriented. Good thing, because Abree and Treyson were about to keel over from too many concerts and too much refinement for the week. :)

Musical Evening

Rylee came home, the day of her choir concert, telling me she needed to dress like a hippie. This would have been nice to know WAY before the day of. Not having any tie-dye shirts on hand, we had to come up with the next best thing. I was told looking like she was from the 1960's would also be acceptable.

Luckily, being the forward thinker I am, I had picked up a dress (brand new) from the .25 cent sale at "Other Mother's" thinking that someone could use it as a costume.... some day. My girls didn't act excited about it and told me they didn't think they'd ever use it, but I bought it any way.

Here's her 1960's style....

We did her hair and make-up to add to the 60's style.

The concert was great.

Three different school orchestras performed, as well as the choir.

One of their pieces they played was from "Pirates of the Caribbean".... notice the costumes.

The choir ran in from hall and performed a choreographed dance number as they sang their first song from the Broadway play "HAIR".

Taylee and Grandpa Waite made Rylee's HUGE peace sign necklace.

Rylee's choir teacher was a One-Woman-Show she was not only the choir director, but the orchestra conductor.

It was a nice musical evening.