Ashley Learns to Rock

Following my review of August Rush yesterday I thought it would be fun to share some images of Ashley discovering the guitar. Last summer we went to a birthday party where our friend Christian brought his guitar. We had a great time listening to him play and singing Beattles songs with him. He gave Ashley some pointers and generously let her play with his guitar (remember she was only five at the time). Well she was overjoyed and played for such a long time, discovering the sounds she could create. Although we had heard Christian play his guitar before this was the occassion where it clicked for her. Since then she has talked about getting a guitar consistently enough that this year at the Solstice Festival in Fremont we bought her and Caitlin small children's guitars. The girls love them.

Watching August Rush last week has really inspired her and we are now thinking of signing her up for lessons. We've known for a couple of years that she is very musical and seems to have a great deal of natural ability. She also has a beautiful voice (which you can read more about here). We have hestitated to sign her up for anything until now, thinking she was a little young. But we think she's ready and more importantly, so does she :) Watch this space...

 Some images of Ashley and her music:

A collage I created of Ashley discovering the guitar with Christian (created using Creative Memories StoryBook Creator Plus, a package I thoroughly enjoy using for creating digital scrapbooks...and now collages)

Ashley's guitar blister following her session with Christian last summer

Ashley and Caitlin with their new guitars (and cases) and their new dresses from Grandma. All purchased at the Solstice Festival in Fremont last month.

Ashley's first drum lesson with Christian August 2003 (age 1yr)

Ashley's first piano lesson with Christian March 2003 (age 7mths)