Carol of the Bells

I just found this video online... It is from the Kingsway Conservatory of Music's 2015 Christmas Concert. 

I love this arrangement of Carol of the Bells by Marshall Fine. 

I'm in the viola section, in the light blue shirt. 

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Eve at Black Creek Pioneer Village

Merry Christmas!

Dad and I spent Christmas Eve Eve (Dec 23rd) at Black Creek Pioneer Village. It was the first time we have gone in the snow. We took the fancy new subway to the new Pioneer Village Station and then walked from the station to BCPV. It took about 10 minutes but there is a bus that passes the Village. If it weren't for the new subway stop, we wouldn't have gone in the winter.

Here are some pictures from our trip.

I hope you are having a wonderful, peaceful Christmas!

My hair

The last time I cut my hair was about 2 years ago.... I was about to start a Summer Dance Intensive and I wanted to make it easier for me to manage. When I realized that I was giving up music and even my hair for dance, I changed my mind, and stopped. I am a musician, and I am a musician with an Afro!

In choir practice, when my hair was in the usual Afro-ponytail, another chorister told me that my hair was blocking his music. At first, I didn't know how to react and I meekly suggested doing something different with my hair. The more I think about it, the more it upsets me.

Why should my hair be a problem for someone else?

If I were female, he wouldn't have said anything.
If I had straight hair, he wouldn't have said anything.
If I were older, he wouldn't have said anything.

I should have gone back with my hair out in all its glory!

My hair is a part of my body, and I should be accepted just the way I am.