Ethan's Piano Recital

Ethan had a piano recital on Monday. I was busy taking video with my camera so I didn't get any still photos of him while he was playing but he did a great job! He was really nervous and let out a huge sigh of relief when he was finished. He worked really hard to get this song ready.



Ethan's piano teacher had an incentive program going where the students would get a reward if they practiced for 2000 minutes. She gave them 12 weeks to get the 2000 minutes. That meant he had to practice for 30 minutes 5 days a week and then 1 extra 30 minutes of practicing per month. And he did it!!! She started the incentive before Christmas Break so it was rough to keep practicing where there weren't any lessons but Ethan roughed through it. He was one of 6 students who completed it (out of about 30). So he received a $5 gift card to Wendy's which he thought was THE BOMB!

Here he is getting his reward:
Last Saturday Ethan also had a piano evaluation on his song. He messed up a bit but finished strong. He was pretty nervous and just had an off day. He got a Superior Minus, which means that he still did really well.