Talent Show!

Matthew and Victoria's school hosts a talent show every year in May. It's always a fun event, with kids showing off talents ranging from silly to serious for the whole school (over 500 kids!). Thomas set a high bar for the Lange family, starting with tapping out a tune on his Fisher-Price xylophone when he was in kindergarten and following that up with a 'break dancing' routine (early signs of taking after his old man, I suppose) in 1st grade. He followed most every year thereafter with some form of musical performance - piano, guitar, a band with a couple buddies, etc. Victoria and Matthew haven't been quite that committed, but each have participated at various times over the years.

Victoria decided she wanted to participate this year, but was struggling to decide what to do. She eventually asked Matthew if he would perform a duet with her and we were pleased that he agreed. They enlisted the help of Victoria's piano teacher and eventually decided on the song 'Secrets' by One Republic, with Victoria on piano and Matthew on electric guitar and both of them singing. They've been practicing diligently for the last 3 or 4 weeks and sound really good!

Fortunately, both Karri and I were able to make it to the big event on Friday afternoon. Thomas was even able to join us.

Sing it!

The kids did a great job. Karri and I were both very proud. Several parents commented how great it was to see brother and sister performing together ("How did you get Matthew to agree to do that??!").

All the performances were great. There were some really talented kids, including several very good solo singing performances. A fun tradition!