Nadine went to her first SSO concert, and first outing at the Esplanade last Wednesday, together with Josh and Luanne. Of course both sets of parents were there too.
It was a special concert for babies. The concert hall was decorated with lots of balloons, and was full of babies and toddlers, and extremely animated parents trying to follow what "Uncle Peter", the orchestra conductor, instructs, so that their children will imitate them.
Uncle Peter was very good at getting the kids excited, and even better at explaining how music can portray different emotions ... of course, with the help of the orchestra.
At the end of the concert, all the kids were allowed on stage. As we were seated in the 1st row, Nadine was 1 of the first to climb onto the stage. She was a little hesitant initially. But once she saw more kids on stage, she became really gungho and started walking around freely ....
... and dancing at some point. She event climbed onto the conductor stand. At 1 point, there were so many kids on the conductor stand that Mummy was worried there'd be a stampede. And Nadine was so tiny that there were moments when Daddy and Mummy couldn't see her. Nadine probably couldn't see us either. But did she care? No! She was so happy wandering around on stage!
Nadine really enjoyed herself at this concert. Pity we didn't have a good view of the entire orchestra. But this good experience will certainly encourage Daddy and Mummy to bring Nadine to more concerts in future!
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