World Strides Heritage Music Festival March 2016

 This is Kiersten warming up before the performance.
One of the cellos popped her G string during the warm up and didn't have a spare to change it out. She had to play all her G string notes on her D string. It wasn't in tune, and she wasn't on time because she was struggling to change the fingerings during the songs. What a nightmare! The conductor could have had her sit it out, but they only had 2 cellos to begin with.
They still earned enough points for a silver medal, which is what the band received. But it's hard to not think of how good it could have sounded if it hadn't been for that popped string.

 Kiersten has learned a lot sitting next to Kyle. He is very expressive with his music. He uses his whole bow, arm and torso to play. It's exciting to watch both of them when they're really feeling it.

                      Waiting in the hotel lobby for the buses to take us to the performance venue.