Blog #7

 In the last couple of days of Hawken Project, Jamie and I were able to visit the Avenue at Medina assisted living facility. At the Avenue at Medina, we had one of our largest crowds in addition to the Mulberry Gardens Facility. This was one of my favorite performances of the past couple of weeks because the crowd was incredibly enthusiastic about our visit. The activities coordinator was incredibly kind and we were also able to interact with several of the patients. One of the people in our audience asked us about our instruments as well as the way we are able to play. We explained how to instrument works as well as how the instruments were created. We explained that some basses are made of a special type of wood in France that is eventually imported into the United States. We also explained that some instruments are created from one slab of wood rather than several pieces stitched together. It was really fun explaining the details of our instruments to the patients. I was very glad that they were so enthusiastic about learning our instruments, and I hope that I can learn more about my own instrument so I can continue to share interesting stories or information about music. This last week has marked the eighth community that we were able to reach within Hawken Projects. I am very excited about meeting so many new people and I hope to finish our last Hawken Project day by revisiting the Pearl View Care facility in order to keep up with some of our new friends there. Jamie and I plan to record our last performance so we can include our favorite song into our final presentation of Hawken Projoects.