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March thru to June
22 March Sports Day at ISLQ - Sean and Jess both took part in all the sport activities 24 March - ISLQ Dinner Dance where Sean played "The Entertainer" on the piano and Morgan did a Jazz Dance 24 April had the Easter Bunny visiting us again :-) Check the loot 28 April, Sean had moved to the Doha English Speaking School for the 3rd term, and as a British Consulate school they celebrated the Royal Wedding with a parade of Home made Hats, Sean won the hat for his Class Year. His new teacher Mr Knock, keeps the kids well in hand!! During April we also acquired two new family members, Biene a Miniature Pincher and King Triton who looks a bit Siamese but is not, King T likes to swipe Biene every now and then to show who is King! 17 May, Jessica performed in her school stage show, she was a member of the sun that had to stop shining so brightly so that people could survive on earth. The Unit of Inquiry was on different cultural stories and their meanings. The story...
Sean Doha Players PERFORM acting group Song 1
Sean with his acting group class mates in their final performance for this school year!
Jessica Doha Drama Group Classes on Acting Out
A very appropriate title for our dramatic little girl!
Sean's Performance in the ISLQ Dinner Club
Sean was chosen amongst a group of school mates to perform at the school's first official Dinner Dance Performance, it was such an honor and he played The Entertainer so well. Jessica's violin teacher from QMA was there and told me how talented the little man is!
QMA's Piano Recital - May 2011
A companion at the academy wrote his own composition...... he is 9! Enjoy!!! Sean played Prelude by Johan Sebastian Bach at his recital, it was an excellent piece for someone who has only been playing for 1 year and at the Academy for 4 months. He has to learn the name of the song and the composer, he just could not get Johan Sebastian and Steve happened to see Prelude and Bach and he says to Sean "Oh you are playing Johan Sebastian Bach", Sean's comment was how do you know what JS stands for ......... gotta love it!
And Jan did not stop there....it flew right into Feb with loads happening
Definitely not a dull time to be had in Qatar for these two months, we were kept on our toes dancing between sport events, school events and social events..... Brilliant start to the year with a tennis final between my two favs Federer and Nadal, over the moon that Federer won! We then got to watch the Asian Cup Soccer Finals between Australia and Japan, we supported OZ Jess and Sean began their stint at the Qatar Music Academy with their teachers Ay and Ozgar on piano and Islam and Georges below on violin. Sean went on to complete his 5 month course, with piano and violin recitals and a final concert in June. Being taught by some of the best musicians in the world, who perform in the orchestras who perform in Vienna and Berlin during this music festival season. Jess decided that this was not for her and has continued with her gymnastics instead. Islam Ozgar I was invi...