K3s Piano Recital

Today I was invited to go to K3s piano recital. It was in American Fork, so when Lori called to invite me, I was able to arrange my day around his afternoon performances. As I arrived I saw Hank walking into the building in his military camouflage uniform. He looked official and everyone was respectful with his presence.


K7 took this snapshot of K3. Good Job!!

K3 did a great job. I am very impressed with his ability to play the piano and play it so well. He reminded me of his dad at about that same age. Hank performed in a recital when we lived in Arizona. I am not sure who was his teacher at the time, but he played Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." Not to take away K3's thunder here, but I was just taking a stroll down memory lane.

Back to the recital. K3 played a favorite hymn of an arrangement of "Come Thou Font of Every Blessing" and "Rock Ballad." He played them by heart, without any sheet music. I was impressed with him and his piano teacher who had about two dozen other
students performing. K3's teacher is a young college student and was very attentive to his students and had many advanced students as well as beginners. I observed that he was respectful to them equally whether older or younger. I could tell that the older students had some very good training too from the way they performed.

K2 is also very good at his piano talent. Lori reported that he and Hank both play for priesthood in opening exercises. Way to go, guys! She also voiced a desire to have K2 continue practicing so he can play and accompany when he goes on his mission.

That is an honorable mother's desire, and one that I also had for Hank when he was about K3s age when he stopped taking formal lessons.

Now all K2 has to do is keep learning a new hymn every week and he will be walking literally in his father's footsteps; history repeats itself. As a side note: I saw Hank's last piano teacher at Fillerup's elementary school when he was serving in Cuba. I reported to Sister Karen P. that her old student was deployed to Cuba and was called to serve as the branch Primary pianist and played for the branch in Guantanamo. She was pleased and amazed at how time had flown by after all those years.

I was glad to report that to her, and shared her enthusiasm at hearing about Hank's military successes. Once a mother, always a mother no matter the age of her children. Right?

P.S. Check out Hank's blog for today for a video of K3s actual performance.