https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/weekend-highlights-3/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/weekend-highlights-3/#comment-34823 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:13:52 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6690#comment-34823 Another viola player here! I just play on my own for fun now, but I still love it. I also think there is something to be said for playing the least-popular stringed instrument–more opportunities to stand out and be in more competitive groups, etc. Competition can be stiff to be first violin but not as much for first viola! I started playing in fourth grade and as a somewhat introverted kid it was an awesome way to make friends. In junior high and high school it was really nice to have a built-in group that I belonged to with friends from all different grades and at least some people I knew from elementary school orchestra.

]]> https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/weekend-highlights-3/#comment-34822 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 18:09:08 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6690#comment-34822 Viola was my first instrument! I am more likely to get my fiddle out these days, but if I ever go back to playing in an orchestra, I’ll go back to the viola section.

]]> https://lauravanderkam.com/2017/06/weekend-highlights-3/#comment-34821 Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:59:50 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6690#comment-34821 Sounds like a great weekend! I’m impressed you were able to enjoy a nice birthday dinner with kids. My boys are 5 and 7 and are still so wiggly and impatient in restaurants. Any glass with a stem on the table and my kids spells certain doom. They’ll outgrow it eventually- right?

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