We closed our July with a week at Booher Family Music Camp. Once again, we had an awesome time, which by no means can fully be captured on camera. A little taste of our week follows...
We headed south a day early so we could go the the Booher family reunion concert. It was a mish-mash of different combinations of the family and instruments, and it goes without saying, very fun! Here are six Booher brothers (minus Ned and Meriwyn) and our lovely hosts, Mama and Papa Booher!
Back by popular request, The Musical Spasm topped off the reunion concert. Can you tell who's playing what????
So, a entire week of music and fellowship commenced in this lovely valley.
There are no pictures of the classes as we were too busy learning to think about a camera! Kathrina learned several fiddle tunes a day, Noah and Dad worked on chords and strumming patterns, Mom persevered through hours on the bass, Sarah spent all week in the company of diminished chords and boogie woogie riffs, and Krista drifted between the piano and fiddle classes, learning tunes on her recorders. Janna stayed back at camp and practiced for her upcoming harp gigs.
There is a concert of some kind most evenings, including family night, where all the family units get up and perform. Someone usually steals the show, and this year it was this little guy on his fiddle!
Not to be outdone, these friends worked up their own version of the musical spasm!
Our family shared two songs, including our arrangement of the song we helped write for in the piano class last year. And no, Jamie is not part of the Bisceglia family, but she is Italian and plays the cello beautifully, so we adopted her as an extra sister for this performance!
Another evening we all look forward to is Band Scramble night. Students are randomly combined in to bands, each led by a teacher, and expected to arrange a performable song in two afternoons! Janna joined one of the bands with her harp.
Noah's band scramble "Bob's Blind Brother's Boogie Woogie Band" played a boogie woogie, with lyrics, sunglasses and everything!
How often do you see two Sprinter vans next to each other?
On the last evening, the made the teachers do a band scramble, where they had to randomly draw instruments out of a hat, and couldn't get the instrument they taught that week! Do you see the concerned looks on their faces?
This was the most hilarious moment of the entire week! Who knew that professionals could sound so awful?!
To redeem themselves, all the teachers had to take back their instruments and play us a tune the way it was meant to be played!
Some of the best times are the hardest to capture, such as singing and jamming together in the evenings.
A heart felt thank you to the teachers who made the week possible! God bless you!
We headed south a day early so we could go the the Booher family reunion concert. It was a mish-mash of different combinations of the family and instruments, and it goes without saying, very fun! Here are six Booher brothers (minus Ned and Meriwyn) and our lovely hosts, Mama and Papa Booher! 
Back by popular request, The Musical Spasm topped off the reunion concert. Can you tell who's playing what????
So, a entire week of music and fellowship commenced in this lovely valley.
There are no pictures of the classes as we were too busy learning to think about a camera! Kathrina learned several fiddle tunes a day, Noah and Dad worked on chords and strumming patterns, Mom persevered through hours on the bass, Sarah spent all week in the company of diminished chords and boogie woogie riffs, and Krista drifted between the piano and fiddle classes, learning tunes on her recorders. Janna stayed back at camp and practiced for her upcoming harp gigs.
There is a concert of some kind most evenings, including family night, where all the family units get up and perform. Someone usually steals the show, and this year it was this little guy on his fiddle!
Not to be outdone, these friends worked up their own version of the musical spasm!
Our family shared two songs, including our arrangement of the song we helped write for in the piano class last year. And no, Jamie is not part of the Bisceglia family, but she is Italian and plays the cello beautifully, so we adopted her as an extra sister for this performance!
Another evening we all look forward to is Band Scramble night. Students are randomly combined in to bands, each led by a teacher, and expected to arrange a performable song in two afternoons! Janna joined one of the bands with her harp.
Noah's band scramble "Bob's Blind Brother's Boogie Woogie Band" played a boogie woogie, with lyrics, sunglasses and everything!
How often do you see two Sprinter vans next to each other?
On the last evening, the made the teachers do a band scramble, where they had to randomly draw instruments out of a hat, and couldn't get the instrument they taught that week! Do you see the concerned looks on their faces?
This was the most hilarious moment of the entire week! Who knew that professionals could sound so awful?!
To redeem themselves, all the teachers had to take back their instruments and play us a tune the way it was meant to be played!
Some of the best times are the hardest to capture, such as singing and jamming together in the evenings.
A heart felt thank you to the teachers who made the week possible! God bless you!
~Sarah
3 comments:
Ok... now I really did go green with envy!!!!
Well, at least you shared it with us by posting pictures! :)
~Bethany
P.S. And the Sprinter picture is making me sin by coveting my neighbor's possessions.
"Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Romans 13:9b
looks like you had a great time! My mom and Claire went to the final performance and really enjoyed it. Maybe Claire can go next year!
Two sprinter vans... At a home school music camp... I would have thought you'd seen ten sprinter vans! Just kidding :), I guess they're used more for business transportation than public use so you don't see them every day. (well, I guess YOU do :). I see them a lot too, the company that sells Philip his pet supplies uses them to deliver, but they aren't as cool because they don't have seats :). Anyway, there's your daily random information about sprinter vans that you probably already knew.
Daniel
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