Xavier's performance online

As a winner of the Thursday Musical competition Xavier was invited to tape the Villa-Lobos piece for Baby Blue Arts.  If you want to see it online go to http://www.babybluearts.com/ and click on "search artists", then "alphabetical", then type in:  Jara, Xavier.  His is the Villa-Lobos, "Choros".  The Baby Blue Arts site is really cool as it features local artists of all kinds.

Also, I've heard from several friends who didn't get a chance to hear him on the radio when he performed as a the Schubert Club for MPR.  You can hear that here:  Schubert Club holds annual student competition.

A Day with (Great) Aunt Aldora

On Friday the kids and I took a short trip with my parents to visit my aunt Aldora in Wisconsin.   (No doubt from the photos you'll be able to guess that she is my mother's sister.)
                                             Byron, Alice, Xavier, Selena and Aldora Lee.

Xavier and Aldora.  Xavier brought his guitar and played his repertoire for us.  We had a unexpected surprise when Debby Lee came by and visited with us.




Aldora's room.  You might recognize her room from the familiar objects we all remembered from her homes in Rake and Osceola.  There were several incredibly beautiful quilts that she made.



I couldn't help put take a couple shots of the photos!  The kids were thoroughly embarassed...
                                                                Brian and Hanna.
We went to coffee hour and sang some old tunes.  Selena and Xavier had never heard of many of these songs that probably dated back to the 20's and 30's.  Mom and Aldora spent some time chatting instead of singing.