I’m happy to report that Sebastian no longer looks like a giant playing a toy viola.  We replaced his rented 14 1/2-inch viola yesterday with a full-size, 16-inch beauty of an instrument, a Tanglewood 200 made by Eastman Strings.  It’s all his now, or will be once I write a check for the second half of the total.

I am a string instrument novice, so these milestones are all new to me.  I knew he needed a larger instrument.  I’m ashamed to say that he's needed it for – oh, at least four or five months now?  The trouble was in finding a time we could both go to the studio and have him try out a few different sizes.

Sebastian has rented a viola through a local business, String Solutions, since he started playing in the fourth grade.
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OK, I’ll admit it.
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I learned today that the North Dakota State Fair has been canceled due to the ongoing flooding problems in Minot, where the Souris River has not receded as quickly as people had hoped.  The fair board made the decision on Saturday, a day after the area received significant rainfall.  The fair had been scheduled to open July 22 and run through July 30.

I’m sure it’s a huge disappointment to thousands of residents.

I have mid-summer brain right now, which makes it difficult to muster the effort required to write a well-researched blog post.  But the blog must go on, so here are some updates on the summer musical doings in the family.

• Louisa returned June 29 from a fabulous trip to a the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival in Oregon with the Northfield Youth Choirs.
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