Eileen Ivers Concert

The whole family went to an Eileen Ivers concert last night. Tara danced with some of the girls from her school. Now that Trevor is playing violin, I thought he would really be able to appreciate seeing someone who plays at such a World Class level. The show was beyond wonderful. Eileen’s playing really defies description, and she seems so gracious and heartwarming on the stage. I may have mentioned a few times before how lucky I feel we are to attend concerts at The Homer Center for the Arts. This is where Tara takes her Irish Dance lessons. It is such a lovely venue, small and intimate. Yet the talent that performs there is astounding.

This is after the concert. Eileen signed autographs for the girls and let us take a few pictures. She was indeed incredibly gracious and could not be kinder. I had had the chance several times in the past to arrange for dancers to perform at some of her concerts and even her staff members are as kind. The kids had a great time dancing in their home venue….I heard they pretty much felt like rock stars! They did a nice job, and were appropriately in awe of the whole band.

Sadly, Trevor did not make it through the whole concert. He had said before we headed out that he was starting to not feel well. Sure enough by the time the first half was over he’d had the chills and the start of a good fever. Ron and he left early and Tara and I were generously given a ride home by our dear friends. It was a late night so that was especially nice of them to go out of their way. Trevor did get to see lots of great playing, and when asked about it he said “it was good, I liked it.” I suppose that is high praise indeed from a sick ten year old. He was a bit sad not to see her play her blue fiddle, but as it turned out she never did use it. I was delighted to see her use the electric Mandolin! Now that was a first for me.

The whole night was a lot of fun. Glad that the whole family could be together for at least part of it!