I thought since this was my Blog I had just started, it might be a good idea to share some information about me.

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I grew up in a place called Paddington near Sydney.  Paddington has definitely changed since my days many years ago and is now a very expensive place to live.  I went to a little school called Glenmore Rd Public School in Paddington and then moved on to Sydney Girls’ High School.

I had an interest in Music from a very young age and was only quite young when I taught myself to play the Recorder and read Music.

I always wanted to be in a Sports team at school but, even though, apparently, I was quite good at these, I never made it in to the teams.

I became very interested in Tennis in Year 5 and so started hitting up against our carport wall at home.  It was a different wall as it had never been concreted so had lumps and bumps all over the place.  I really enjoyed that as it was very challenging to hit the ball back.

Being somewhat disappointed about not getting in the school sports teams, one day there was an opportunity that arose to form a tennis team to play tennis against other schools.  There was only one hiccup.  They needed a parent to take the team to the various venues.   That is where my mother came in, and she kindly took us all.  This was Year 5 and we went on to win the Comp.

When I went to High School, still absolutely passionate about, and active in playing Tennis, I eventually went on to Captain the School Tennis Team.

Where Music was concerned I had always wanted to play the Piano and learn Ballet but we were unable to afford these.  I used to Sing all the time, right from when I was young.  I would sing songs I created myself or sing along with records we had at home, such as Gilbert and Sullivan, Showboat, South Pacific etc.

In my second year of High School, I took Music Elective and this was when I found the Violoncello.  Actually it was the Double Bass I first excitedly took home to show Dad and Mum, as I was going to be loaned this instrument so I could participate in the School Orchestra.  Dad said he couldn’t find me behind the Double Bass as I was only 5’2″.  So, sadly that was the end of the Double Bass and I was to bring home the Violoncello – otherwise known as the ‘Cello.

I absolutely loved learning this instrument, and continued Singing, joining the School Choir and Choral Group.  I also joined the Recorder Band and was to end up learning all 5 Recorders and playing them in the band over the years.  In my last 2 years of High School, I was to actually train and conduct the School Recorder Band.

In the next 4 years I continued learning the ‘Cello and was getting extremely good exam results.  I was participating in the School Orchestra which was just fabulous.  I was then selected to try out for the Secondary Schools Orchestra and won a place in this.  I also joined a Chamber Music Group at the NSW Conservatorium.

With Tennis, I continued playing at School, and also joined Tennis Teams outside school.  We went on to win the School Competitions over the years.  I ended up in A Grade outside school and we won all the Competitions there too.

Sadly, early in my last year of High School, with the ‘Cello being my major exam instrument, and after having just been selected to play in the Orchestra for Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn, I was up to Thumb position on the ‘Cello.   No matter what I did I was unable to achieve this and go any further as I have double joints in all of my fingers and my fingers kept locking on the strings near the bridge of the ‘Cello whenever I was using Thumb position, which was frequently.

This was my exam instrument for 1st Level Music and I could no longer play it.  There was no time for devastation, although I really was as I loved the ‘Cello, the Orchestra, the Chamber Music.  I was fortunate enough to have been playing the Recorder from when I was 4 so I purchased all the Music I required for 6th Grade in this instrument, and started practising with only 4 months to the Exam.

It was very sad to lose the ‘Cello, but I did go on to get my 1st Level Music and came 2nd in the State in Music, which I thought I had failed.  This was absolutely wonderful.

I did very well in my other subjects in High School.  I had always wanted to be a Teacher.  I was to get 5 Scholarships, one to be a Lawyer, but Teaching was what won me.  I did not want to be a High School Music Teacher as I had seen how the children at my High School had mostly not wanted to do Music, and that was a good school.  I felt that if I could capture children in Primary School, I had more chance of passing on a love of Music to them.  This was to become more true than I was to realise at this time.

I was to enter Alexander Mackie Teachers’ College in Paddington, not far from home and a new chapter in my life was to begin.  This College no longer exists.  It was almost next door to the Army Barracks in Paddington.

This is where I will leave us today and continue the journey again tomorrow.

Bye for now and have a great rest of the day!

Carol