Saturday 23rd July
On our final warm up of the 2011 Neflac course we laughed and giggled as we played ‘Tikkertje’, which was a first for a number of the YIPers before we stretched. We were lucky and most people had some free time after this to rehearse in their groups before the afternoon concert. Robin and Kate (us) got together with Robin’s NTK group as they performed the first two movements of Bozza’s Jour d’été à la montagne while Kate’s group played the last two. It was terrific to hear Robin play with Jennifer, Katinka and Kim. Robin thought Kate gave really good tips, (she is a really good teacher) which made Kate blush. We were worried about the open air concert this afternoon as the clouds came menacingly overhead, but aside from one shower it held off and we had about 300 people come to listen to our flute orchestra. The gardens were a beautiful place to perform and it was highly successful, especially the final Samba with Niels. After some time in the gardens to chat to the audience, we went back to our cosy Coach House to eat dinner and with our first free night of the week spend quality time with each other. A big walk, DVDs, piano and flute playing, we’re having a lovely time hanging out.
Robin and Kate