Talent Show

Here is Alex performing for the talent show at school. Things to consider as you watch this...

1. He started taking piano lessons the 2nd week of January.

2. 3 weeks before this performance he had a panic attack at his first piano recital and nearly didn't perform.

3. On the day of tryouts he only had the right hand of this song 60% memorized and had forgotten his sheet music.

4. He had to do this twice: once for the K-3 and parents crowd and again for the 4-8 and parents crowd (about 800 people all together).

I admit that on the morning of tryouts I tried to comfort him by saying that when they called his grade to go tryout he could just skip it and not feel bad about it. On the way to the talent show he was in full anxious mode and said, 'I tried out because I never thought I would get picked.' And then I used it as a great moment to say that Heavenly Father knew he could do it because he never puts us in a situation we can't handle. Certainly we are proud beyond belief and excited to see where his piano playing goes.