QUOTE(BerkshireMum @ Oct 21 2008, 01:21 PM)

Well done!

But how did you manage a 40 min recital if you can only lift the violin for 15 mins?
Thanks for all your congratulations!
I managed my recital through a few different ways. I had quite a lot of extra time added and chopped my recital up. I also played everything sat on a stool. I played my first piece (10mins) then did the viva on that piece. Then my second piece (4 mins) and the viva on that. Then the sight-reading (which I didn't actually play through until the performance as I have trained myself just to imagine it with my fingers). Then finally the big piece (25mins) after a 15min break, bananas, chocolate, caffine, rescue remedy and all the adrenaline pumping through my system! After the exam my husband had to carry my violin to the car alone, then drive the car to me to pick me up. I slept all the way hoome (90min drive) and was in bed by 7pm that evening.
But was def. worth it all!!!