Here We Are!

Here we are when we pulled into Interlochen on a rainy Saturday.
Owen found the bears right away!

We took everyone to the orchestra concert on Sunday night because they opened with Owen's favorite piece...Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland. We first played this piece for Owen because he saw a picture of a tam-tam and wanted to know what it sounded like. He's been hooked on it for a while, so we were really excited to see that the Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO for short) would be playing it LIVE for Owen to hear!

Unfortunately, Owen got really scared about how loud the drums are when you hear them and see them live in concert. He covered his ears and cried through the whole piece! Needless to say, we left shortly after and watched the concert from far away. Owen told me that Fanfare for the Common Man was really loud, but the next piece was just right. We saw Chris Thile from Nickel Creek perform some Bach on the mandolin. At least we can say we tried!