On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best, how did Emily rate her day at the White House? “Twenty!” she said. What did Emily find most fun? “Everything,” she said. The event on the South Lawn also featured magicians, yo-yo experts and costumed characters. Evan Le is one of the youngest and most talented piano prodigies in the world right now. “It was an honor to be part of such a fun, spring family event,” she said. 4-Year-Old Prodigy Plays the Piano Like a Master. Emily said she’ll “put them somewhere by my piano at home.”Īndrea said the Bushes, including the President’s mother, Barbara, were gracious and the event was “magical.” Emily was asked to play piano after White House staff became aware of Emily through her performances and her Web site,, where visitors soon will find information about the release of her CD, “The Love In Us.”Īs a thank you for her piano playing, Emily was given a basket with gifts that included four painted wooden eggs with Mrs. The Bear family went to the White House, too, and walked through several rooms. Maybe some certain minds are more inclined for music, but since we're older we can use our advanced brain to even the playing field-again leaving only practice the main determiner in skill. The roll is a race where children 7 years old and younger, including Emily, push an egg through the grass with a large spoon. I've been playing music for a long time, but piano only for 3 or 4 years, so I think it's mainly, strictly how many hours one spends practicing. She also hugged Laura Bush after the first lady introduced Emily to the breakfast crowd and before she played her final two songs at the event: “The C Boogie,” and a song she wrote, “The Love In Us.”Įmily, who played piano three times last year on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” also performed 30 minutes of songs she wrote, along with jazz selections, while guests ate and before Emily’s formal introduction, said Andrea Bear, Emily’s mother.Įmily also met the Jonas Brothers, one of the hottest boy bands on the charts, and Kyle Massey, who plays Cory Baxter in the Disney TV show, “Cory in the House.” The day’s highlight for thousands of kids and their families was the annual egg roll on the White House lawn. “I said, ‘Hi,’ and I gave him a hug,” Emily, 6, said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon after she’d played piano in front of about 300 people at the White House before the traditional annual Easter Egg Roll. Emily Bear of Rockford squeezed President Bush Monday morning - in a good way.
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