Christmas Piano Recital
For those of you who didn't know, I had a Christmas recital Friday night for all my piano students. Only 20 of my 23 students were able to make it, but praise the Lord, all of those students were healthy and made it on time. :)
I was a bit nervous about making opening comments because I don't really enjoy speaking in front of people, but God gave me grace and I hope and pray the message about giving all the glory to God came across clearly. All my students did a wonderful job on their songs and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. All the beautiful Christmas music about our wonderful Savior was so uplifting and I am so thankful to the Lord that by His grace I was able to think about the words and enjoy it instead of just worrying about how my students were going to do. It was definitely the result of lots of prayer--by me and all my friends and family.
Afterwards we had refreshments and fellowship and it seemed like I talked to so many people--my mouth was sore by the end from smiling and talking so much. Since I was the only person who knew everyone I felt responsible to make everyone feel welcome and at comfortable. However, I really enjoyed getting to know some of my students and their families better during the fellowship time afterwards.
My mom, dad, Karen and Nazgul helped me so much. Afterwards while I was busy talking with everyone--there were probably between 60 and 70 people--they cleaned up a lot of it so that I didn't have to do much after everyone left. As it was, we didn't get home until 9:30 and I was starving! An Arby's sandwich never tasted so good. :)
Recitals are a lot of work, organizing, collecting food, decorations, music, etc...but they are worth every minute of it. I also really enjoy finding good deals on supplies--yea for the dollar store, Amvets and sales at Party City! All of the table decorations I was able to borrow from my mom or collect from our yard--don't look at the back side of our cute little pine tree. :) So even if it took me longer than if I had just gone out and bought a whole bunch of stuff, it was worth every minute of it. I am also really grateful to our pastor's wife who lent me a coffee pot, the lace table clothes, and made sure all the church decorations were up in time.
I pray that the Lord was glorified and that all those who attended were edified as much as I was. To God be the glory great things HE has done!
I was a bit nervous about making opening comments because I don't really enjoy speaking in front of people, but God gave me grace and I hope and pray the message about giving all the glory to God came across clearly. All my students did a wonderful job on their songs and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. All the beautiful Christmas music about our wonderful Savior was so uplifting and I am so thankful to the Lord that by His grace I was able to think about the words and enjoy it instead of just worrying about how my students were going to do. It was definitely the result of lots of prayer--by me and all my friends and family.
Afterwards we had refreshments and fellowship and it seemed like I talked to so many people--my mouth was sore by the end from smiling and talking so much. Since I was the only person who knew everyone I felt responsible to make everyone feel welcome and at comfortable. However, I really enjoyed getting to know some of my students and their families better during the fellowship time afterwards.
My mom, dad, Karen and Nazgul helped me so much. Afterwards while I was busy talking with everyone--there were probably between 60 and 70 people--they cleaned up a lot of it so that I didn't have to do much after everyone left. As it was, we didn't get home until 9:30 and I was starving! An Arby's sandwich never tasted so good. :)
Recitals are a lot of work, organizing, collecting food, decorations, music, etc...but they are worth every minute of it. I also really enjoy finding good deals on supplies--yea for the dollar store, Amvets and sales at Party City! All of the table decorations I was able to borrow from my mom or collect from our yard--don't look at the back side of our cute little pine tree. :) So even if it took me longer than if I had just gone out and bought a whole bunch of stuff, it was worth every minute of it. I am also really grateful to our pastor's wife who lent me a coffee pot, the lace table clothes, and made sure all the church decorations were up in time.
I pray that the Lord was glorified and that all those who attended were edified as much as I was. To God be the glory great things HE has done!
posted by Marcia @ 10:11 AM
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