More than 200 musicians, parents and friends attended our Welcome Social and Pot Luck on Saturday, September 12. It was great to see everybody all together, it was like a big family reunion with lots of great food. Members from the Board discussed the goals of the orchestra and expectations of each member. Representatives from the LDS church Stake Presidency, Young Men, Young Women and the Primary program gave us an overview of what programs each organization has to offer to our young men and women. For the entertainment of the night, Jessie Chen, Lucy Wang & Karen Su, accompanied by Jason Griffin, performed beautiful music for us to enjoy. Playing the trivia game "Get to know the orchestra better", was a lot of fun and knowledgable. After the presentation, the musicians were busy registering while the parents were signing up for the snack schedule or socializing. What a fun night!!
Another successful Open House for the Young Violinists. There were over 125 people in attendance and now we have over 35 new young violinists that have signed up. Thank you Michelle Whitesides (chairperson) for organizing this event. The audiences were entertained by our musicians from the orchestra and last year young violinists. After the presentations, Mr. Su and the Teaching Assistants were busy helping all the new violinists measure for the right violin.
There will be an open house at the church on September 13 at 4:00pm for young violinists. Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, we offer free beginning violin lessons for 6 months. Violin rental will be available. If you know of anyone that is interested, please have them contact Michelle Whitesides at michelle.pvviolins@gmail.com to reserve a seat at the open house.
