Amatus Cremona wrote:
Mrs. Cremona tells me he is sleeping off the fever right now.

Stradavari gets three private lessons a week right now. Two half hour
lessons from a Suzuki style teacher who is working on his posture, bow
hold, fingering, bowing, etc. She is refining all his basic skills so
that he has great tone and is consistent. He gets one 45 minute lesson
(Friday morning before going to school) from another teacher to work on
advanced playing, solo works and new techniques. The end result is that
he made Co-Concertmaster this week. The next step would be to bump up to
the advanced orchestra with the 8th graders.

I am afraid that I will have to practice very hard to keep him from being
a hundred times better than me. I figure I really only have one more
year, and he will be way past what I can play. Once he fully masters
third, fifth, second and fourth position, I doubt I will be able to keep
up with him. I don't know if I will have enough flexibility to play 6th,
7th, 8th position. It is different from fretted instruments, in that as
you go higher on the fingerboard, your left arm has to bend in ways that
mine does not want to bend, then you twist your left wrist all the way
around, bend your hand over towards your face, and stretch across the top
of the instrument to reach those HIGH notes.



I wish I had your kind of motivation. I wish Lauren had Strad's
motivation.
Right now I'm developing a problem with both my thumbs--not good. I
suspect that it may have more to do with guitar than it does with
dentistry, but I don't know. I went to a hand surgeon (didn't give me a
good impression) who put my hands on this ancient fluoroscope--kinda
device, said he saw only the mildest sign of arthritis in my right thumb.
He asked me to demonstrate the clicking I had been developing, and I
couldn't instantly demonstrate it to him. He dismissed me with a wave,
saying "come back when it's clicking".
Now it is, but I have to find someone who won't wave me off like that.

Steve

Chicken soup? Send my get well wishes to Master S.

Webby

In article <1pRMh.2187$u03.1802@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
"Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@sottovocce.com> wrote:

Mrs. Cremona tells me he is sleeping off the fever right now.

Stradavari gets three private lessons a week right now. Two half hour
lessons from a Suzuki style teacher who is working on his posture, bow
hold,
fingering, bowing, etc. She is refining all his basic skills so that he
has
great tone and is consistent. He gets one 45 minute lesson (Friday
morning
before going to school) from another teacher to work on advanced playing,
solo works and new techniques. The end result is that he made
Co-Concertmaster this week. The next step would be to bump up to the
advanced orchestra with the 8th graders.

I am afraid that I will have to practice very hard to keep him from being
a
hundred times better than me. I figure I really only have one more year,
and he will be way past what I can play. Once he fully masters third,
fifth, second and fourth position, I doubt I will be able to keep up with
him. I don't know if I will have enough flexibility to play 6th, 7th,
8th
position. It is different from fretted instruments, in that as you go
higher on the fingerboard, your left arm has to bend in ways that mine
does
not want to bend, then you twist your left wrist all the way around, bend
your hand over towards your face, and stretch across the top of the
instrument to reach those HIGH notes.

--
/

Amatus

/
"Steven Bornfeld" <dentaltwinmung@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:31RMh.14272$PL.9857@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Amatus Cremona wrote:
My kid slept through Haydn's Piano concert and Thaikovsky's Pathetique
last night. I thought that was strange as he usually sits there as
mimes
the left hand violin fingering while listening and watching. He woke
up
this morning with 102 degree temperature. He went back to bed and
missing school and both private violin lessons today.


He has two teachers?
My daughter is starting to ask me for piano lessons again. This time
she's gonna have to beg me.

Steve
Hope Little Stradivari is feeling better.

Visited him this afternoon. He had the X-rays and the radius is
broken very close to the wrist. It isn't out of place and the ulna
is fine. No carpals seem to be damaged. Not much pain, but it
still could be 6-8 weeks to heal. The season is over the first
week in May.

Bad for him, and bad for the team (he was the leading RBI guy).

It is his junior year and not his senior, so it could be a lot
worse (left hand, no surgery, not much pain, elbows, shoulders,
knees, and ankles are OK...and no facial or dental damage!).

Steve

Somewhere around here I read that young R.F. broke his wrist!!! Ouch!!!
This is not a good thing to have happen in late March, is it? (Not that
a broken wrist is every a good thing.) Sorry to hear the news. :-(

Webby

Thanks guys. He's tough. They lost a double header today.
The guy batting for Ryan took a called third strike with the
bases loaded and one out in a 1-0 loss. I don't know the
details of the first game (5-2 loss).

The other main RBI man went out a week ago with a torn oblique.
The team is in big trouble now. Hopefully the other guy can get
back in a week or two, and Ryan can get going before the conference
tournament.

If not, well Ban Johnson starts in late May (and we've got to get
his dental school application in by November...any pull in Detroit?).

Steve

Thanks for the update on his condition. Poor kid ... well, I hope the
next couple months pass quickly for him and then he can strengthen up the
arm for next season with plenty of time to spare!! Webby

He is still running a fever this morning. He kept spiking up to 104 Friday
and Saturday. Light doses of Motrin have kept his body temperature under
control. Sounds like about 4 kids (out of a class of 15) were out sick
Friday in his "homeroom". Got a phone call from one of his classmate's
mother today saying her daughter has the same thing. Must be going right
through the student body there.
Looks like he will miss school Monday as well. Too bad, as tomorrow is
supposed to be the first day over 70 degrees so far this year.


"The Webby" <tmjiatroepidemic@cox.net> wrote in message
news:tmjiatroepidemic-0476C6.18065423032007@news.phx.highwinds-media.com...
Chicken soup? Send my get well wishes to Master S.

Webby

In article <1pRMh.2187$u03.1802@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net>,
"Amatus Cremona" <Nicola@sottovocce.com> wrote:

Mrs. Cremona tells me he is sleeping off the fever right now.

Stradavari gets three private lessons a week right now. Two half hour
lessons from a Suzuki style teacher who is working on his posture, bow
hold,
fingering, bowing, etc. She is refining all his basic skills so that he
has
great tone and is consistent. He gets one 45 minute lesson (Friday
morning
before going to school) from another teacher to work on advanced playing,
solo works and new techniques. The end result is that he made
Co-Concertmaster this week. The next step would be to bump up to the
advanced orchestra with the 8th graders.

I am afraid that I will have to practice very hard to keep him from being
a
hundred times better than me. I figure I really only have one more year,
and he will be way past what I can play. Once he fully masters third,
fifth, second and fourth position, I doubt I will be able to keep up with
him. I don't know if I will have enough flexibility to play 6th, 7th,
8th
position. It is different from fretted instruments, in that as you go
higher on the fingerboard, your left arm has to bend in ways that mine
does
not want to bend, then you twist your left wrist all the way around, bend
your hand over towards your face, and stretch across the top of the
instrument to reach those HIGH notes.

--
/

Amatus

/
"Steven Bornfeld" <dentaltwinmung@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:31RMh.14272$PL.9857@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Amatus Cremona wrote:
My kid slept through Haydn's Piano concert and Thaikovsky's Pathetique
last night. I thought that was strange as he usually sits there as
mimes
the left hand violin fingering while listening and watching. He woke
up
this morning with 102 degree temperature. He went back to bed and
missing school and both private violin lessons today.


He has two teachers?
My daughter is starting to ask me for piano lessons again. This time
she's gonna have to beg me.

Steve
Hope Little Stradivari is feeling better.

I do not know who is sitting on the admissions board right now. but can look
into it if need be. I've been asked to accept nomination to the alumni
board next month. I will know more then. University politics is always
difficult, though. I could describe my experience as this year's chairman
of the auction fundraiser.

How is his GPA?

Amatus Cremona wrote:
I do not know who is sitting on the admissions board right now. but can
look into it if need be. I've been asked to accept nomination to the
alumni board next month. I will know more then. University politics is
always difficult, though. I could describe my experience as this year's
chairman of the auction fundraiser.

How is his GPA?

He's never had a C, and was over a 3.6 at the beginning of this year.
I'm not sure of his current cummulative. Still has to take the DAT.
Angie would have gotten in a couple of schools if she had worked to
up her DAT score just a little, but when her first attempt wasn't
there, she just didn't want it that bad.

I *think* Ryan is pretty serious about it (but I'm not pushing).

Thanks,
Steve