Piano day, cookies and party time

Last night we had Peyton’s Rec season party. Tonight was the other league’s party. But first, Peyton had to get through the “business portion” of her day.  It started off early at 1030 with her first appointment. She was scheduled for her big piano test. She had to take her theory test since she couldn’t take it yesterday.  We arrived just after 10 and we went in to see what it was all about.  She had to bring two number 2 pencils and an eraser.  The man who greeted us told her to start with the test and when the examiner was ready, Peyton would play and then go back to the test if needed. I was instructed to stay outside and wait for her.  I was nervous for her though she’d been practicing for a long time and knew her stuff.  She knows more piano theory than I do at this point. I went to wait in the car and called my mom so as not to think about things. I felt like I was dropping her off to take her SATs or college.  At 1030, I got out of the car to see if I could listen to her songs from behind the house. I was listening to someone play, but it wasn’t her songs.  Soon, I heard another door open and the first man who checked her in was bringing Peyton out. She was all done! I asked her how it was, and she said it was easy.  She wanted to know when she’d get the results.  She had to memorize and play two songs, scales in major and minor, chord progressions, major/minor/diminished/augmented chords, the theory portion with ear training, being able to recognize intervals from seconds up to an octave, and a sight reading portion.  She had to dress up like a recital but when I told her she had to, she said, “Oh, you mean like a funeral.”  (She’s never been to a funeral, mind you.)

She had a sleeveless dress on but was cold so she wore her Cruella DeVille jacket.  She said she kept it on the whole time.  She said she didn’t make any mistakes and felt good about her performance.  


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Now to go back to real life.  

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