Dylan has a flair for the dramatic and G & I have been trying to convince him for a while to try some kind of theatre group. We finally convinced him to try a club which has started at school - they do a musical every couple of months with weekly rehearsals. He went to the first one tonight, it's a musical about Pirates, and came home having obtained the LEAD ROLE!! He is going to be 'Captain Jack' ! He got a huge cheer from the other students and is absolutely full of it, very proud of himself, and very proud parents here too!! His dad is especially chuffed, G being such a huge theatre luvvie himself!
Another thing with Dylan - he started piano lessons last week. I have been oddly reluctant to start music lessons for them... I don't know exactly why. I think it's because it was this enormous part of my life growing up. My parents put a lot of money and effort into my music lessons & activities, I had (have) a natural talent for it.. and growing up really centered around it being the thing that I was going to do with my life. Except I didn't, because on some level I never felt good enough or perhaps that I didn't quite 'get it' as much as my peers - that is the true musicians, the people who went on to become professionals - something in my brain didn't quite work the way that it needed to in order to take that step. And I didn't have anything to fall back on.
I can only be grateful that I had the opportunities that I did as a kid and it was such a huge part of my life..... I don't know why I'm so nervous for the kids .... it makes not a lot of sense really. Anyway, Dylan started piano lessons and like me at that age he is showing amazing talent for it.... he can sight read his way through something very quickly and pick it up with astonishing speed. The teacher is really excited about him... he's loving it.... I'm really moved by it... very proud of him ...... let's see how he gets on.
Posted by katie at March 4, 2008 11:23 PM