by Yazhini Ramesh
Everyone paced around the room filled with eagerness and nervousness. “Is he actually going to meet us?” some wondered. Others were curious about what he would be like, and whether he would just come by and say hello or he would actually care to hold out a conversation with us.
Luckily, we didn’t have to wait long as Mr. Yo-Yo Ma himself came running down the aisle to meet us in our corner. Initially he seemed really rushed, but once he met us he beamed with joy and became really free-spirited. We all originally thought that he was going to be a serious, committed, quiet man of few words. To our surprise, he was actually the opposite. He joked along with us and genuinely seemed to care about us and our lives. He first asked us about NMYO and seemed very interested by the fact that we practiced so often as a group. He was also eager to learn about the summer camps we were planning to attend and asked about our plans for the rest of the year. He questioned us about our chamber groups, schools, and our typical teenage lives. Then, finally, he allowed us to dive into questions about himself.
Everyone paced around the room filled with eagerness and nervousness. “Is he actually going to meet us?” some wondered. Others were curious about what he would be like, and whether he would just come by and say hello or he would actually care to hold out a conversation with us.
Luckily, we didn’t have to wait long as Mr. Yo-Yo Ma himself came running down the aisle to meet us in our corner. Initially he seemed really rushed, but once he met us he beamed with joy and became really free-spirited. We all originally thought that he was going to be a serious, committed, quiet man of few words. To our surprise, he was actually the opposite. He joked along with us and genuinely seemed to care about us and our lives. He first asked us about NMYO and seemed very interested by the fact that we practiced so often as a group. He was also eager to learn about the summer camps we were planning to attend and asked about our plans for the rest of the year. He questioned us about our chamber groups, schools, and our typical teenage lives. Then, finally, he allowed us to dive into questions about himself.
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