Lykara Piano Recital Lawrence I. Charters May 20, 2001

In her annual return to the Black Box Theater, Lykara consented to perform for her many, many devoted fans (plus her piano teachers). These annual pilgrimages to Ellicot City, Maryland, are always standing-room-only events.

These four images were taken with a Canon PowerShot S-300 Digital Elph digital still camera. As Lykara was dressed all in black, and as the Black Box Theater is (how can we put this...) black, contrast is somewhat lacking. The flowers are shown in one image because the Charters family donated them for the recital.

We also have a selection of QuickTime movies. Unless you have a really, really fast connection to the Internet, these will look best if you download them to your computer first and then play them. Instructions:

1. Install QuickTime. You can get a free copy of QuickTime from Apple if you don't have it already installed. Then to download a clip --
2. On a Windows machine: hold down the ALT key and click on a link, or use the right mouse button to click on a link. You will be prompted to find some place to store the clip.
3. On a Mac: hold down the Option key and click on a link, or click and hold on the link. You will be prompted to find some place to store the clip.

• Recital 1: The Canon S-300 has the ability to take short video clips, with sound. Lykara didn't know that, and tried to be difficult when her father pointed the camera at her. 35 seconds, 3.9 megabytes.
• Recital 2: Approximately 10 seconds of her three minute recital piece. With titles, etc., it is 30 seconds, 3.1 megabytes.
• Swedish practice: Just a few days after her return from two weeks in France, Lykara was practicing on the piano. Meanwhile, her father had borrowed a Canon GL-1 digital video camera from work, and was playing with it. Yes, it is in Swedish.
• Terror practice: Lykara brushes up on her piano skills after a couple weeks of globe trotting, while her father terrorizes her. This clip is oddly similar to the previous one, but should be viewed last.

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