Holiday Piano Recital 2019

Detar Music moved into a new studio!

Holiday recital at SoHo.

Holiday Piano Recital 2018

They will thank me one day that I am making them stick with this. 

I think. 

Lolo!

Gus!

Gus' son, Nico, on drums! 

No nerves. 

There were nerves with Sam. This is after her performance since she's got dessert. 

See, they love it!

Not too much practice went into this recital. 😂🤪😬

Summer 2018 Piano Recital

Detar Music normally does a Spring recital but because of the holiday recital being moved due to the fires and mudslides last year everything was pushed. 

Sam was totally dreading the recital and Thatcher can be put in any situation and doesn't really care one way or the other. 

Sam does not like piano recitals until they are over and then she's drinking sugary drinks, ordering a big dinner plus dessert. Until then, she sits nervously waiting for her name to be called on stage. She wouldn't be so nervous if she PRACTICED piano more. 😉

We loved having the Stone family at our table and getting to see Connor perform too! 

We always love Sofia and her band. 

I can't believe their band has broken up since this! I think Sofia blamed it on the drummer. Isn't it always the drummer?! 

Not only did we get to see Connor perform but also little Evita Ferrone who we introduced to Detar Music too! Jess was just doing a good job on stage being cute. 

Gus and the kiddos. 

Summer 2018 Piano Recital from ronda fallon on Vimeo.

They both had a few hiccups. Maybe one day they will listen to me about practicing more because piano isn't going away. 😜

Holiday Piano Recital

As if the Thomas fire wasn't devastating enough to Santa Barbara, the mudslides in January were worse. We became a town of warnings, evacuations, fire, smoke, homes lost, deaths, then rain, then mud, then more homes lost and then unimaginable deaths of those in nearby Montecito. Our town was on autopilot just going through the motions. Holiday activities that had been postponed due to the fires had now either been canceled entirely or like Detar Music, rescheduled to try and bring some normalcy to the situation.

The holiday recital definitely wasn't the same. For one, Todd wasn't able to be there because with the 101 freeway shut down indefinitely with mud, he was staying down south to be near his job location commuting home when he could via the train. And the train wasn't on a regular schedule, it didn't have room for the amount of people trying to go back and forth and most importantly, First Responders had priority to get on board, as they should. 

So, I took these two down to Soho and changed our table reservation from four to three. 

Thatcher LOVES to be on stage. I am not sure how much practicing happened during the month leading up to the performance but Thatcher is so confident performing in front of others that he could of sat down and played nothing and would have expected applause. Sam, on the other hand, likes to be prepared, likes to know her music and wasn't feeling so confident. Gus likes the kids to memorize their performances for recitals but an exception was made for Sam under the circumstances so her piano book was going to be coming on stage. 

Having friends at your performance helps! Again, Thatcher feeling very confident and Sam holding on for dear life to her book. 

Lolo became our #4. 

A team of First Responders came up at the start of the show so that the crowd could show their support and thank them for all they had done the past month with the Thomas fire and now the Montecito mudslides. You can see that some of them were in muddy boots because round the clock there were teams of fire fighters digging in the mud to hopefully find those that were still missing.

It set the tone for a beautiful night and it felt like the crowd was extra attentive to the kids playing music and doing the best they could.

Thatcher began to show signs of nervousness. 

Nope, false alarm. 

As always, sweet Sofia knocked it out of the park. 

Thatcher Holiday Recital_Second Grade from ronda fallon on Vimeo.

Thatcher would have gone again if it were an option. 

Holiday Piano Recital_Samantha_4th Grade from ronda fallon on Vimeo.

Samantha memorized her piece after all so the book was just a safety net. 

Thank you Gus and Detar Music! 

Gus 1 from ronda fallon on Vimeo.

And just for fun, here's Gus playing for us at the piano lesson following the recital. My kids are close to sounding like that, right? 

2017 Spring Piano Recital

The Detar Music Recital happened in May!

Thatcher's first piano recital and who knew we'd get so much wear out of the gold pants?!

We finally got put in the same show as the Pirozzi kiddos! 

Beck looking awfully like he belongs at a lounge playing piano on a regular basis. 

Great minds think alike!

Sam wasn't covering Stella's ears because she didn't like her brother's music. It was just loud ;)

Video: The Fallon Kiddos 

Samantha accidentally started an octave too high but the show must go on. And Thatcher's little legs dangling, not touching the floor yet, was the cutest thing ever. 

Much more relaxed when it is over. 

Ice cream! (and Sam was very sick of me taking pictures!)

Love this talented little crew!