tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post3412255837301411576..comments2024-02-16T19:58:15.656-05:00Comments on AScattergood: Everybody needs a mentor. Or, how it all began.Augusta Scattergoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04185014694721868127noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-22116296435180818302012-08-02T17:23:46.460-04:002012-08-02T17:23:46.460-04:00The mere mention of piano recitals seems to put fe...The mere mention of piano recitals seems to put fear in our hearts. I will refrain from blogging about them again. It is not one of my better moments, To a Wild Rose...<br />:)Augusta Scattergoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185014694721868127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-34928550159464036332012-07-26T23:42:33.321-04:002012-07-26T23:42:33.321-04:00OMG -- I, too played "To a Wild Rose." W...OMG -- I, too played "To a Wild Rose." What memories. And, lord, how I hated playing the piano. I took lessons because my grandmother said she'd buy us a piano if I wanted to take lessons. So my mother said, "Of course she wants to take lessons!"<br />Great post.Lee Stokes Hiltonhttp://spoonandink.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-76124712798393770862012-07-26T18:24:27.807-04:002012-07-26T18:24:27.807-04:00I love hearing about how writers got started. Than...I love hearing about how writers got started. Thank you for sharing! I am trying to write my first book so this is very inspirational.PragmaticMomhttp://pragmaticmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-47697333278386983452012-07-26T11:38:58.637-04:002012-07-26T11:38:58.637-04:00By the way, this post is FANTASTIC!!!By the way, this post is FANTASTIC!!!Kimberley Griffiths Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-15085159707102062252012-07-26T11:38:37.045-04:002012-07-26T11:38:37.045-04:00No wonder you're writing about piano playing k...No wonder you're writing about piano playing kids and recitals. I could, too, I guess, but I'm still traumatized!!!<br /><br />Course, then I ended up a Piano major in college . . . had my own home studio with 20 students for years. And I was writing during all this time, too. When my students found out I was a writer (these are in my VERY early days of writing) they would read my newest story or chapter while waiting for their lesson. <br /><br />:-)Kimberley Griffiths Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269829969442171522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-14093580102292315372012-07-26T09:33:04.622-04:002012-07-26T09:33:04.622-04:00Ah yes, Joyce. Nary a mistake.
This is a part of ...Ah yes, Joyce. Nary a mistake. <br />This is a part of my history I think I'll forget though!Augusta Scattergoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185014694721868127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-40240005387539008892012-07-26T07:44:48.246-04:002012-07-26T07:44:48.246-04:00I think you're supposed to say, this is the pi...I think you're supposed to say, this is the piece I can play with nary a mistake!<br /><br />Piano recitals! I never had to do one (I don't play) but I remember how my daughter agonized over hers.Joyce Moyer Hostetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153114928220349251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-2959011539871853462012-07-25T21:14:19.860-04:002012-07-25T21:14:19.860-04:00The dreaded the piano recital is universal enough....The dreaded the piano recital is universal enough. Fainting on the keyboard is frosting. Vapors!Leslie Davis Guccionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381577955484991154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-10719236057289570832012-07-25T18:55:27.345-04:002012-07-25T18:55:27.345-04:00This is great. Glad you shared.This is great. Glad you shared.Barbara O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772206568826059623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8369463518787303229.post-3423110680452473482012-07-25T18:32:29.394-04:002012-07-25T18:32:29.394-04:00Ha haaa, Gusty. According to all reports, you DID ...Ha haaa, Gusty. According to all reports, you DID kerplop, dead away. I remember the daddies hauling you through that door to this day! But it wasn't at the Women's Club, as I recall. There was a little music building behind the Hill Demonstration School with a tiny stage. I believe THAT was the scene of the famous fainting.Bethnoreply@blogger.com