So okay, we might've gone overboard with the cookies, but people got a kick out of it and they were delicious. We went all out with the programs this time and got them printed in color. It's going to be hard to go back to black and white...maybe we won't have to though. 
We are once again working late nights at school recording for more competitions. Last night, Kent was hit with a good amount of snow and wind. Even though the wind was pretty chilling, we did miss the snow a lot, so it was quite nice. The stage was a mess after we set up, but we had to add the walls because we couldn't really hear each other well.
We had ourselves and nice recital on Saturday and if you were able to make it, thank you for coming.
Before the recital, we got some entertainment from Ivan.
Thanks to Jenny, we had a wonderful reception...too bad it had to run short. We had to run to the other side of campus for the orchestra dress rehearsal.
Charly had some new headshots taken.
Eric as well, although he probably won't use these.
Waiting for our friends to finish rehearsing so we can go eat.
He's the hall we perform in for orchestra.
And an accidental photo to finish it off. So next up is the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in March. We are currently working out the details on how we are going to get there. We are excited to be going along with the Aidan Quartet. Maybe a road trip?
Last night, we kicked off our final week of preparations for our recital coming up on Saturday. We are beginning to feel all of our hard work coming together, but still have quite a bit to do. Unfortunately, we are forced to work late hours because lack of hall times, but still enjoying the practice nonetheless. 
There's no sign that the snow is letting up. After rehearsal, the ground was once again covered with fluff and plow trucks are roaming the city streets. 
We got to Cleveland Institute of Music about 15 minutes late. Sometimes you just can't trust a GPS. We were cutting through the city at a snail pace and getting stuck at every signal. When we drove up to the audition location, we kicked Charly our of the car before parking so that he could tell whoever in charge that we were on our way. Luckily, they were running quite a bit behind schedule, so we were able to get settled inside. We didn't get a chance to warm up, but we performed really well under the hurried circumstances. Barry Shiffman from the St. Lawrence String Quartet was there to hear our 10 minute performance of movements from Debussy and Bartok 4 string quartets. The room was tiny and he sat about 2 feet from us but seemed to be enjoying himself especially when Charly played an awesome solo in the Bartok.
Snow is up to our knees this week and it's been hard getting around, but definitely worth it. Everything is beautifully covered and while it's been difficult getting around the slippery ice, we are enjoying every minute of winter here.
We had a full day lined up with lessons, coachings, orchestra, and history class, but the weather canceled some of that so we went out to eat Thai food with one of our coaches at KSU, Ivan and Daniel's girlfriend Jenny. The portions were gigantic, but it was okay because we ended up staying for over three hours. It is nice having a decent asian restaurant around the area. On Friday, we are off to Cleveland for our Banff audition and we look forward to it.
It took 3 flashes to capture the snow in action for this poster.
Got a little wet for this one...
Hopefully we'll get them posted in good locations around the area.
Charly and Eric got hit the hardest...
We ambushed Andrea when she got back from school...we had a nice time being outside, but it was nicer being inside. If school gets canceled again...maybe we'll go sledding.
After our stressful afternoon, we got some bows rehaired, took some pictures, and then absolutely had to get more Korean food. Still didn't get full though. We met up with some SF friends and had a blast all night long. Now we are back at Kent and waiting to hear from the Aspen festival with our fingers crossed.
