First Keyboard Performance

On Fathers' Day, Beth had her first taste of performing publicly on the keyboard.

She and her classmates memorized and played a simple prepared piece, with her teacher Sarah Kent accompanying.

These annual Yamaha concerts are a great way to build up confidence and overcome stage fright.

Some of the littlies looked like they were only 3 or 4 y.o., yet there they were, happily swinging their little legs from the keyboard benches and waving at their parents in the audience.

The concert was held at the Methodist Ladies College in Kew, which gave us a chance to revisit that lovely eastern suburb with beautiful tree-lined streets and the most gorgeous weatherboard cottages.

Kew - postcode 3101 - is the place to live if you're loaded and want your kids to attend $10K-a-year private schools.

All the private schools are located in a cluster along Barkers Road.

I looked at RealEstate.com.au today. 

A one-bedroom apartment in Kew starts at $289K. Apartment!!

A three-bed, one-bath villa unit would cost more than $500K.

Then again, when I think of how much I paid for my HDB flat in 1996...

Don't let's go there. *heart pain*