The first actual day at Meadowmount was...interesting haha. I had such bad back pain that I only got through 1.5 hours of practicing (out of the four required in the morning, 8:30-12:30) before I had to spend the rest of the time at the nurse's office. Two ibuprofen, an Icy Hot patch, an ice pack - all useless! So then a counselor (Yuni) had to drive me and another girl from my dorm (Rachel) to the doctor in Elizabethtown (E-town), which is less than 15 minutes away from Meadowmount. The doctor had a bit of a hard time trying to figure out what I had done to mess up my back, but she thinks that the muscle is pressuring my nerve (not exactly a pinched nerve though). She prescribed medicine for me to loosen my muscles, and while we waited for the drugstore to get my prescription ready, Yuni and Rachel and I went to eat ice cream! Maybe it's because the cows are like right across the street, but the ice cream was delicious! That was the nice part about going to doctor's :p
Later in the evening, some girls in my dorm got together in Ruth's and my room to play B.S. with my Andy Warhol cards. It was so much fun, even though everyone was losing to Ruth haha! At 7:30 p.m. we had a technique class in the performance hall with professor Van der Sloot, who came for one week from Canada. It was very interesting and eye-opening, but a bit too long-drawn. All of the violinists in the camp came with instruments, and he asked everyone to stand up (about half of us, including myself, got to stand on stage). Then he explained different aspects of playing, including the effect of gravity on the body and violin playing, and various bow strokes, such as martelé and detaché. It got to be very tiring by the end though, and everyone was relieved when it was finally over. Until next time!
~Lisa
Later in the evening, some girls in my dorm got together in Ruth's and my room to play B.S. with my Andy Warhol cards. It was so much fun, even though everyone was losing to Ruth haha! At 7:30 p.m. we had a technique class in the performance hall with professor Van der Sloot, who came for one week from Canada. It was very interesting and eye-opening, but a bit too long-drawn. All of the violinists in the camp came with instruments, and he asked everyone to stand up (about half of us, including myself, got to stand on stage). Then he explained different aspects of playing, including the effect of gravity on the body and violin playing, and various bow strokes, such as martelé and detaché. It got to be very tiring by the end though, and everyone was relieved when it was finally over. Until next time!
~Lisa
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