Julia's flute arrived on Wednesday, two days before her first school flute sectional, and she simply couldn't wait to get started. Lucky for her, there's another flautist in the Rowe household, so I was able to give her an introduction to putting the flute together, the first attempts at making a sound, and the fingering for the first note that flute players learn. The biggest obstacle, at first, is the simple production of sound. Julia blew and blew until she made herself dizzy, but every time the hint of sound would come through, our little spectator Madeleine would leap up and down in delight. Apparently, however, Madeleine didn't feel that I was making quite enough progress as Julia's flute teacher.
MADELEINE: Uh, Julia, I'll take Mondays and Wedesdays for giving you lessons.
JULIA: (spitting across her flute mouth-hole in an attempt not to laugh)
Madeleine is quite serious about her new job. She even made a schedule and hung it up on the fridge:
Madeleine is dark blue. I'm light blue. Julia's band teacher is red. As you can see, I've been relegated to only two days of teaching a week. Madeleine herself has 2.5, and the band teacher gets .5, giving the least experienced among us the most teaching time of all. I can't wait to hear all about how Julia's first lesson with Professor Madeleine goes later today!
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