{"id":1369,"date":"2012-07-20T09:28:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2012-07-20T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T16:28:36","slug":"first-half-of-2012-mash-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.maceras.xpozd.com\/?p=1369","title":{"rendered":"First Half of 2012 Mash-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well it’s been a long time since we’ve posted to the “Macera’s page,” but that doesn’t mean nothing has been happening in the past six months. Quite the opposite … it’s been an event-filled first half of 2012 with no time left to post. Since we’re seeing off the girls today for a 3 week trip to Belgium, I thought it would be a good time to jam the previous six months of events into one post. It might be too much to take in all at once so take your time, and enjoy. We’ll go chronologically, with some description, but mostly pictures … what can I say \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

FEBRUARY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Chinese New Year @ University Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n

In February we celebrated the Chinese New Year at Penn’s Museum. We didn’t have much time to spend, but we enjoyed being shown the erhu which Elisa had a chance to play, and had fun watching the Dragon Dance out the auditorium and into the courtyard.<\/p>\n

\"Elisa<\/a><\/strong>\"Dragon<\/a>\"Chinese<\/a><\/strong>\"Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Gabriella<\/a>Gabriella Sings<\/strong> at Germantown UU<\/strong><\/p>\n

On February 19th, Gabriella performed “Beautiful” again at the Germantown UU<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 as part of a music exchange between our respective congregations.
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At the end of the month, Elisa was Michelle Obama in her school’s “Wax Museum.”<\/p>\n

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\"Gabriella<\/a>\"Gabriella<\/a><\/p>\n

MARCH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Recycle Runway <\/strong><\/p>\n

Gabriella and her friends, including Sylvia, made a dress for a Recycle Runway competition (3\/10\/12). They didn’t place, but we and the local newspaper thought they were winners.<\/p>\n

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\"Elisa<\/a>\"Elisa<\/a>Honors Band & “Curtains”<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March, Elisa was chosen to participate in the Pennsbury Honors Band (3\/10\/12). If you didn’t know already, Elisa is quite the prodigy at oboe and the guest conductor, William S. Stowman from Messiah College could tell right away. He singled her out as an oboist who’s going places, and guaranteed her a scholarship when she was ready for college.<\/p>\n

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