{"id":883,"date":"2010-06-15T21:06:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T02:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/?p=883"},"modified":"2010-06-15T21:06:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T02:06:39","slug":"the-farewell-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/?p=883","title":{"rendered":"The farewell concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there are still two more weeks in the semester, they will be occupied with review and prep for the final exams. Since our boys aren&#8217;t taking those tests, we decided to pull them out early. Tuesday, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival vacation, was their last day at school.<\/p>\n<p>Evan&#8217;s school celebrated the end of the semester a bit early yesterday with a concert. Every member of the school&#8217;s special music class (20 students), which Evan was a part of, performed their solo instrument.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-884\" title=\"concert1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were the usual instruments, piano, violin, cello, etc. One student played the xylophone!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-885\" title=\"concert2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two students played Chinese classical instruments, like the PiPa<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-887\" title=\"concert4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert4.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/concert4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Evan played a nice Mozart piece:<br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oPkp3UspiJI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oPkp3UspiJI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Then there was a surprise: Evan&#8217;s classmates prepared a special song for him. They sang the pop song &#8220;I&#8217;m so proud of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-888\" title=\"song1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-888\" title=\"song1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-888\" title=\"song1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-888\" title=\"song1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denniehoopingarner.com\/taiwanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/song4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was very touching and moving. At the beginning of the year, we were so worried about Evan. But he had a very good year at his middle school, and the experience will enrich his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there are still two more weeks in the semester, they will be occupied with review and prep for the final exams. Since our boys aren&#8217;t taking those tests, we decided to pull them out early. Tuesday, the day before the Dragon Boat Festival vacation, was their last day at school. 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