Thursday, November 1, 2007

“The apple does not fall far from… Hilary Hahn.”

Just some fun facts or “Hilary Hahnisms” about Hilary brought to you by her craziest fans…

Hilary Hahn…

…only blinks when she wants to.

…can sight-read by memory.

…has unchanging body temperature.

…created the one ring to rule them all in the Knight Fine Arts Center at Encore.

…invented chess.

… learned The Last Rose of Summer for fun one day between classes.

…created a time-machine as her 4th grade project.

…wrote all of the works by “Shakespeare”- her nickname in elementary school.

…knows violin concertos before they are written.

…can walk up and down stairs at the same time.

…practices in ballet positions: “Just in case.”

…hit her head on a gong. *true* Before she did it, it was just a piece of metal, but then it became known as an instrument.

…has two right ears because she cannot hear something wrong.

…doesn’t yell because she would have to alter her voice away from perfect pitch.

…doesn’t have a middle name because she is always first.

…can play the violin better than Chuck Norris.

See you on Sunday!!

Emily

For more “Hilary Hahnisms” see http://wisc.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205070512.

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