Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Tubachristmas
Last night we went to the Kennedy Center as a family for what has become a true Astle Christmas Tradition: the Merry Tubachristmas concert. Shelly and I have both talked about it before on our blogs in past years - it's a rare chance to hear about 350 tubas play Christmas carols while your toes pick up the vibrations on the floor. It's a pure analog joy to listen to, even if the music quality isn't great (they've only rehearsed for an hour, they are of all sorts of skill levels, and there are just so many of them it's hard to keep them all together).
This year Ellie decided she wanted to go up to the front to sing "Jingle Bells" with the tubas - they invite kids up every year. And so I went to the Kennedy Center website this morning to see if she got on camera (they archive video of each day's free concert), and lo and behold, she did! Here she is in her favorite "Big Sister" shirt, singing along with the tubas like she belongs there.
And amazingly, during that song they panned the audience and caught the rest of the family straining to get a glimpse of Ellie. The cameraman sure had a better view of her than we did.
This year Ellie decided she wanted to go up to the front to sing "Jingle Bells" with the tubas - they invite kids up every year. And so I went to the Kennedy Center website this morning to see if she got on camera (they archive video of each day's free concert), and lo and behold, she did! Here she is in her favorite "Big Sister" shirt, singing along with the tubas like she belongs there.
And amazingly, during that song they panned the audience and caught the rest of the family straining to get a glimpse of Ellie. The cameraman sure had a better view of her than we did.
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