Yes, we are wrapping up this unit (it kind of feels like I should put in a FINALLY there). The unit was fun, and I think we all learned a lot, but it did go on a bit long. I was planning to wrap everything up 2 weeks ago, but then I remembered that we had tickets to the ballet - so what would be better than to end it off with an ACTUAL orchestra! But we will get to that! Today we learned about the placement of each section of the orchestra. And we talked about why that would be. Then dd1 used colored dot stickers to do a representative poster of the seating arrangement! She coloured a picture of a conductor, and tomorrow we will decorate our pages with stickers, put it all together (including the program from last night's ballet) and move on to Patience - Plants, on Monday!
Yes, we went to the ballet last night. We went to the Alberta Ballet's production of Alice In Wonderland . It was SO great! We had such a nice time. We have gone to one other "arts" performance, it was actually the Nutcracker, back in 2003, with educational tickets. We, as homeschoolers, have an opportunity to purchase tickets to the dress rehearsals for many theatre type productions - at a REALLY REDUCED rate! For the tickets we had in the First Balcony, Right Center, row H (which was about 4 rows from the front of the balcony) and about 4-8 seats in from the aisle (which by the way were EXCELLENT seats) it would have cost a minimum of $188 for dh, dd1, dd2, and I to go (props to Aunty and Uncle for babysitting the baby, as she was SO not invited). We paid $40. $10 a seat! What an amazing deal! Usually dress rehearsals take place during the day, but this one was an evening performance, so even dh got to come with us!!!!! It was very good. You take the chance, with it being a dress rehearsal, that if something goes wrong they will have to stop and start again, but that didn't happen this time, or when we went to the Nutcracker!
We talked on the way home about how amazing it was to be able to take our kids to such an amazing performance, and to expose them to the arts that way! I love live theatre, and it makes me feel so blessed to be able to do these things with the girls! They are already hoping and praying to go to Cinderella next season!
Speaking of the arts, I have been looking at getting tickets to The Princess and the Pea during the Calgary International Children's Festival in May. Again, teachers get a deal, with advanced purchase available for only $7 a ticket - including tax and service charges. When they go on sale to the public it is $7 PLUS service charges and GST. So anyway, I think we might go to that as well. Then after the play they have a whackload of free entertainment and fun stuff in Olympic Plaza, you know face painting, juggling, music on a big stage, all that good stuff!
There is just so many options!
Anyway, we are looking forward to starting a new unit on Monday! Off to the library tomorrow!
Blessings!
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