Sorry but a Pretty woman should not play violin, and start moving crazy with the violin it would make her look weird and get eliminated in miss America.
She's on tune but needs help with bow work. The tone quality is lacking (very scrunchy and sqeaky) and she keeps hitting other strings... Maybe slow it down a bit
I think as a beauty pageant girl, instead of trying to show off skills she clearly doesn't have (no offense, I know she tried) she should've done something more crowd pleasing like meditation de thais. That piece is not hard at all but a good player can make it sound majestic and captivate the audience. If she was a serious musician I think the performance but would've been better but if she's going to perform on TV, she should go for easy but crowd pleasing
I've played violin for 10 years, and I think she played this quite well. I just don't think this was the best piece for her. But like someone else said, she probably wanted to do a fast, showy, technical piece to make the most of her 90 seconds. And she was incredibly nervous and probs felt awkward having to play with a crown on her head lol. Her intonation obviously wasn't perfect, but I think y'all are being way too critical and imposing a double standard on the poor girl.
When you do a talent in a pageant, you only get 90 seconds to show it off. For her to cut it the way she did, we still get the effect of the whole piece and I think she did a fabulous job. As for taking it slower, she's competing for Miss America people! As much as we classical musicians (I myself am a classical violinist) hate to admit it, this audience doesn't want slow classical mushy stuff, they are there to be entertained. Good Job Christina!!
@creepycrawlyify Yea, it is very out of tune, but you have to remember also that the news station wouldn't give up 6-7 minutes for her to play the entire piece.
Christina is beautiful, refined and can play a mean fiddle! Pagents can be spring boards to more opportunities; they take dedication, TOLERANCE and preperation. She proved to have the metal, character and talent to acheive a goal. If you want to scoff the acheivement...look in the mirror and tell us all what you've accomlished recently.
well, her playing certainly isn't the best, but it really isn't bad. and it's rare that beauty pageant contestants are able to master an instrument to such a degree.
oooooooo........that is a very very very difficult piece. I admire her for learning such a hard piece but it was not at all performance ready. It was screechy and she was going way to fast for her level of experience. I think she would have had the audience in aw if she would have picked a less difficult piece (like angels serenade or something) and perfected it.
woah...that was dirty. I cringed around 1:45. I learned this song when I was 10 and I played it faaaaar cleaner. She should have taken her time to at LEAST make it sound more polished. It's there, but not performance ready.
This is one of my favorite pieces, and she kind of killed it. lol. But it's a really difficult one, and she didn't do that horribly. So I applaud her efforts!
I think she could have chosen a better piece. She's good, but I think there are much better pieces written by Kreisler that would have been more appropriate for this, like Liebesfreud.
Wow! Never expected something as deep as classical violin from a beauty pageant girl :) Congratulations to you, young lady, for breaking the stereotype!
I hate the implication of this comment. Are you implying that all beauty queens are stupid or untalented? That is a narrow minded conclusion because the only thing most people usually think of or see in beauty queens is their beauty. However, many, if not most beauty queens have other talents than being able to look pretty. Many of them are brilliant students, wonderful musicians, and more. The stereotype is not made or broken by this group of young women, but by people like you.
@eunhaeg Unfortunately, most beauty pageants are first and foremost about beauty - not talents. Beauty is paraded, talents stay hidden, as if they are a shameful attribute to someone this beautiful.
I deeply respect this girl for being a positive example to young girls: you can be beautiful AND smart AND talented AND simply whoever you really are, because this is all you can ever be.
she can play allright! but the intonation was all over the place. she didn't show emotions at all (no concentration) just smile here and there. maybe her heart was not really on it.
Man she skipped alot of the good parts that are flashy for violin =(( she was struggling on spicatto also But I love the sound of her violin its lovely she plays good
This is a very talented musician. Year after year they cut the time allotted for talent more and more, and it's getting ridiculous. There is an echo on this tape, and there was some similar problem when she performed at Miss America. I'm beginning to think someone is deliberately sabotaging her.
Christina is a violin beast, AND she can sing. She's seriously one of the sweetest people you could ever meet, and I wish she would have won. :(
and I've heard her play live.. and it sounds way different than on tv. I feel like the mics made it sound worse than it really is.
Anywho, she's awesome, and I'm so happy to know her personally. (As well as current Miss Wis, and one of my great friends, Briana Lipor - ALSO amazing.)
haha wow, very much shortened version. I'm from wisconsin, i play violin, i'm fourteen and i'm just starting to play this piece. she's a great role model, no matter how cheesy that crown looked :)
The infamous Miss South Carolina was in the Miss Teen USA pageant...Miss USA is completely different from Miss America, which is what Christina competed for (and was in the top ten, by the way). And yes, she was very intelligent and very talented.
Christina: After meeting you at the Institute I was curious about your Miss America sojurn so I Googled you and found this video. Very nice playing-almost as lovely as you! You should be proud of your accomplishments and the judges really messed up when they didn't choose you. Best wishes.
shes really nice. at the miss.wisconsin pagent in oshkosh. after the pagent in the park plaza hotel she was up in the room where all the westside pagent people where, she was up there and i got to meet her, shes AMAZING!
even though there were cut parts, she could have still made it sound good, but she doesn't seem to have any musicality. although for a pageant type cituation this is prolly good enough for a talent
This was terrible. I saw the video on the pageant and I understood that she cut parts for a time limmit...but she played it the same here! It was terrible. The intonation was crap too!
the only way you would think that was good... is if you have no musical training or background.
i played that piece in 6th grade better than she did just now. it was pitchy all over the place. her bow arm as no flexibility which would explain how uncontrolled her spastic movements are.
As a Vanderbilt alum, I'm very proud with Christina's strong showing! In addition to this talent, her private interview is showcased on the interview tape. Only one of five contestants selected for the interview tape. And I loved that she wore Vanderbilt's school colors when she performed.
it was ok. As a violinist studying at the Boston Conservatory, it was a little scratchy and not very controlled. Her bow arm needs some work but all together it wasnt horrible. She just needs to work more and it will get better.
yeah i dont think she appeared too worried about quality in this performance. she just wanted to look pretty while doign it. haha i read somewhere that she studied at vanderbilt as violin performance though so she is trained atleast.
it was kind of sloppy. oh well
AnneBoleyn88 1 month ago
very talented lady
iloveturky123 1 month ago
That was the shortest preludium ever!
jdebruynviolin 4 months ago
@jdebruynviolin well it has to be short
1- she cant do her wole peice! she has to sve it for the show
2- theyve got 50 other girls that have to show their talent to America also in a short amount of time
iloveturky123 1 month ago
Sorry but a Pretty woman should not play violin, and start moving crazy with the violin it would make her look weird and get eliminated in miss America.
heywatsupf 7 months ago
she sucks
milstein91 10 months ago
She's on tune but needs help with bow work. The tone quality is lacking (very scrunchy and sqeaky) and she keeps hitting other strings... Maybe slow it down a bit
heyitshannahbanana 11 months ago
pretty good but not the whole piece just exepts
sk8channel100 11 months ago
I think as a beauty pageant girl, instead of trying to show off skills she clearly doesn't have (no offense, I know she tried) she should've done something more crowd pleasing like meditation de thais. That piece is not hard at all but a good player can make it sound majestic and captivate the audience. If she was a serious musician I think the performance but would've been better but if she's going to perform on TV, she should go for easy but crowd pleasing
classifieds103 11 months ago 2
a lot of mistakes!!!!
but is a good job for miss America!!!
robinbobon 1 year ago
Well done. Music is fantastic.
Yanosh17 1 year ago
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mercedesW108V8 1 year ago
That sounded like a headache
DScully8 1 year ago 4
I've played violin for 10 years, and I think she played this quite well. I just don't think this was the best piece for her. But like someone else said, she probably wanted to do a fast, showy, technical piece to make the most of her 90 seconds. And she was incredibly nervous and probs felt awkward having to play with a crown on her head lol. Her intonation obviously wasn't perfect, but I think y'all are being way too critical and imposing a double standard on the poor girl.
xKattAttack 1 year ago
@xKattAttack. Lol "double standard on the poor girl?" Using another standard on a poor girl would be a double standard.
duwong12 10 months ago
Sweet!!
1000caras 1 year ago
and the crown didn't fall off...
sidchan05127 1 year ago
I am shocked at the comments on this video!
When you do a talent in a pageant, you only get 90 seconds to show it off. For her to cut it the way she did, we still get the effect of the whole piece and I think she did a fabulous job. As for taking it slower, she's competing for Miss America people! As much as we classical musicians (I myself am a classical violinist) hate to admit it, this audience doesn't want slow classical mushy stuff, they are there to be entertained. Good Job Christina!!
littlelaudie1 1 year ago
@littlelaudie1 I'm a professional violinist from Brazil and I do agree with everything you've said !
Araujoth 1 year ago 2
She should have taken it a bit slower, but the nerves probably kicked in as well...
truepaganini 1 year ago
ew sounds like me when i play
ciaosatellite 1 year ago
well, this was a total mess.... she is extremely nervous, but I guess it's understandable..
musique55 1 year ago
i'm playing this piece now. it's actually really good, although she didn't play even close to the whole thing. and 2:03-2:15 was very out of tune.
creepycrawlyify 1 year ago
@creepycrawlyify Yea, it is very out of tune, but you have to remember also that the news station wouldn't give up 6-7 minutes for her to play the entire piece.
Penduluus 1 year ago
Very nice.
straightarrow372 1 year ago
Christina is beautiful, refined and can play a mean fiddle! Pagents can be spring boards to more opportunities; they take dedication, TOLERANCE and preperation. She proved to have the metal, character and talent to acheive a goal. If you want to scoff the acheivement...look in the mirror and tell us all what you've accomlished recently.
Bravo Ms. Thompson.
SpikeSpengel 1 year ago
Beauty pageants serve no valuable purpose. A waste of time and money.
pugh7755 1 year ago
Oh my God... this is not music- this is a scraping :D i dont understand anything...
dredowata 1 year ago
she looks a bit daft with the crown on.
marcamus077 1 year ago
..........
ihateeve 1 year ago
yeah ok sehs good but from 0:50 untill she finishes them sort of arpeggio thingys and around 1:30 it sounds horrible and all out of tune. not good :\
mrzelda8 1 year ago
She's got a little recklessness/abandon that a player needs, though. Awesome. Kenosha represent!
pteradraketyl 1 year ago
well, her playing certainly isn't the best, but it really isn't bad. and it's rare that beauty pageant contestants are able to master an instrument to such a degree.
cantabile91 2 years ago 4
i think she was just nervous, but over all she has a very good technique and sound
BBRENTTAGHAPP 1 year ago
not bad at all
yangyang2000 2 years ago
shes good and i ♥ WISCONCEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
slypebbles483 2 years ago
Wow! That's really good!
velvetsnape 2 years ago
uh...
AmaraEmme 2 years ago
And the winner is...
Christina Thompson...
Miss Intergalactic
Dogaradodia 2 years ago
pretty good
ashandblake 2 years ago
The Henny Youngman version. Yeah!
morgankara 2 years ago
oooooooo........that is a very very very difficult piece. I admire her for learning such a hard piece but it was not at all performance ready. It was screechy and she was going way to fast for her level of experience. I think she would have had the audience in aw if she would have picked a less difficult piece (like angels serenade or something) and perfected it.
cutegirly116 2 years ago
she doesn't have the, er, nicest sound, but i admire her for choosing such a difficult piece and performing it with conviction! lol
chocomuffinbear0x 2 years ago
at 0:09 she look like brunette Britney Spears
Seriously.. Look reply if you want to.
berryice9600 2 years ago
I agree...!
xxniftychildxx 2 years ago
you're right
howunoriginal2 2 years ago
Hey, y'know, compared to most beauty pageant contestants, she's a freaking Einstein.
splortz 2 years ago
ahaaaa, that spot near the beginning where she attempted a portemento, lmfao
thisismikestanley 2 years ago
woah...that was dirty. I cringed around 1:45. I learned this song when I was 10 and I played it faaaaar cleaner. She should have taken her time to at LEAST make it sound more polished. It's there, but not performance ready.
RowanFiddler 2 years ago 2
IM SO LOLING, this is just WIERD.
She made the piece hear like idk, practiced crap.
Preludium and Allegro by Kreisler and Pugnani.
she made a 10min piece to a 2min one, she killed me in the last 10 secs, dam thats wasnt not clean xO
But still, i admire her insistence.
moshe1321 2 years ago 4
This is one of my favorite pieces, and she kind of killed it. lol. But it's a really difficult one, and she didn't do that horribly. So I applaud her efforts!
hislove4ever7 2 years ago 2
what's the name of the piece?
Sylfira 2 years ago
not very amazing at best really im not imprest at all sorry :(
fluffyemokittyjoey 2 years ago
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around 1:10 it starts to look fake like the movement of her arm with the bow.
gaygayheyhey69 2 years ago
dude don't hate you most likely you can't even come close to what she can do!
notsokind 2 years ago
This is amazing, but the crown really dose not go with her outfit
WeHeartRobHilla 2 years ago 2
phhhht yea! lol go Miss WI! lol
Swimmingmania 2 years ago
dirty
ceceassassin 2 years ago
I think she could have chosen a better piece. She's good, but I think there are much better pieces written by Kreisler that would have been more appropriate for this, like Liebesfreud.
Orchadorkcello 2 years ago 2
Wow! Never expected something as deep as classical violin from a beauty pageant girl :) Congratulations to you, young lady, for breaking the stereotype!
ViolinValia 2 years ago 20
@ViolinValia
I agree completelly!!!!!
violinoable 1 year ago
@ViolinValia
I hate the implication of this comment. Are you implying that all beauty queens are stupid or untalented? That is a narrow minded conclusion because the only thing most people usually think of or see in beauty queens is their beauty. However, many, if not most beauty queens have other talents than being able to look pretty. Many of them are brilliant students, wonderful musicians, and more. The stereotype is not made or broken by this group of young women, but by people like you.
eunhaeg 8 months ago
@eunhaeg Unfortunately, most beauty pageants are first and foremost about beauty - not talents. Beauty is paraded, talents stay hidden, as if they are a shameful attribute to someone this beautiful.
I deeply respect this girl for being a positive example to young girls: you can be beautiful AND smart AND talented AND simply whoever you really are, because this is all you can ever be.
ViolinValia 8 months ago
she can play allright! but the intonation was all over the place. she didn't show emotions at all (no concentration) just smile here and there. maybe her heart was not really on it.
Aponijohn 2 years ago 14
She must have been really nervous though. Maybe she couldn't think about those things.
AshandSmoke 2 years ago 5
@Aponijohn Maybe that's just the Wisconsin culture. I'm from there. They're pretty reserved about emotions.
straightarrow372 1 year ago
@Aponijohn haha i know shes not lol shes is pretending is a guys dick and she is giving him an hand job lmao
leegallas 8 months ago
@leegallas thats not funny
iloveturky123 1 month ago
Intonation......
duizda1 2 years ago 3
Unbelievable!
Dogaradodia 2 years ago
PORAŻKA!
86KITI86 2 years ago
This just shows she has done more with her life than pageants ! ( not saying pageants are all bad , just saying wow she is good !)
ShirlyGirly44 3 years ago
Man she skipped alot of the good parts that are flashy for violin =(( she was struggling on spicatto also But I love the sound of her violin its lovely she plays good
violinfreakx3 3 years ago
This is a very talented musician. Year after year they cut the time allotted for talent more and more, and it's getting ridiculous. There is an echo on this tape, and there was some similar problem when she performed at Miss America. I'm beginning to think someone is deliberately sabotaging her.
rickideemus 3 years ago
Christina is a violin beast, AND she can sing. She's seriously one of the sweetest people you could ever meet, and I wish she would have won. :(
and I've heard her play live.. and it sounds way different than on tv. I feel like the mics made it sound worse than it really is.
Anywho, she's awesome, and I'm so happy to know her personally. (As well as current Miss Wis, and one of my great friends, Briana Lipor - ALSO amazing.)
laur3mcd 3 years ago
what's with the crown;;;
Flute1425 3 years ago
that's because she is miss wisconsin?? bud still it looks stupid xd
alienfac32 3 years ago
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oh my, she plays awful..really bad... hahaha
musique55 3 years ago
haha wow, very much shortened version. I'm from wisconsin, i play violin, i'm fourteen and i'm just starting to play this piece. she's a great role model, no matter how cheesy that crown looked :)
kittykat3181994 3 years ago
ahh yeah but does she want world peace??
ZORGtheALIEN 3 years ago
Im from wisconsin =) i bet she is way more inteligent than miss south carolina. pfft.
Rightnut20 3 years ago
The infamous Miss South Carolina was in the Miss Teen USA pageant...Miss USA is completely different from Miss America, which is what Christina competed for (and was in the top ten, by the way). And yes, she was very intelligent and very talented.
AliveInChrist8 3 years ago 3
Christina: After meeting you at the Institute I was curious about your Miss America sojurn so I Googled you and found this video. Very nice playing-almost as lovely as you! You should be proud of your accomplishments and the judges really messed up when they didn't choose you. Best wishes.
PS.
violinpete 3 years ago
shes really nice. at the miss.wisconsin pagent in oshkosh. after the pagent in the park plaza hotel she was up in the room where all the westside pagent people where, she was up there and i got to meet her, shes AMAZING!
shayna9 3 years ago
i have to say shes an amazing violin player. (although others may not think so) She came to my school and talked to us and played.
cassayyx3 3 years ago
sorry, she has the ability to be amazing, but her intonation is totally off!
violingirl521 3 years ago
even though there were cut parts, she could have still made it sound good, but she doesn't seem to have any musicality. although for a pageant type cituation this is prolly good enough for a talent
tcornellvln 3 years ago
This was terrible. I saw the video on the pageant and I understood that she cut parts for a time limmit...but she played it the same here! It was terrible. The intonation was crap too!
gaaleeyaoifangirl 3 years ago
Yea, she was just at my school today and thats what she played
AurumP0testasEst 3 years ago
She played that at my school today!!
Libassi10 3 years ago
Playing with the tiara on her head just looks plain cheezy...ROFLMAO!
winrx 3 years ago
is there anyway to save these videos. i would love to share this with my student because i teach orchestra but the school server blocks youtube.
shannondm5 3 years ago
the only way you would think that was good... is if you have no musical training or background.
i played that piece in 6th grade better than she did just now. it was pitchy all over the place. her bow arm as no flexibility which would explain how uncontrolled her spastic movements are.
morninglory908 3 years ago 2
Ditto.
ColinMeloy91 3 years ago
As a Vanderbilt alum, I'm very proud with Christina's strong showing! In addition to this talent, her private interview is showcased on the interview tape. Only one of five contestants selected for the interview tape. And I loved that she wore Vanderbilt's school colors when she performed.
Joaquin1962 3 years ago
She was great and I wanted her to win but Miss Michigan was great as well.
Stupid8Cupid 4 years ago
she is sooo good! she makes it look so easy
Nooniefantic223 4 years ago
She deserved to win Miss America!
Miss Michigan's talent was AWFUL!
whitelulu 4 years ago
I so agree. I was so angry that she didn't win! Or a least get a scholarship.
picklecheesecake007 4 years ago
I'm amazed with her talent over all. She should have been runner up for the over all competition.
mikeyssmail 4 years ago
it was ok. As a violinist studying at the Boston Conservatory, it was a little scratchy and not very controlled. Her bow arm needs some work but all together it wasnt horrible. She just needs to work more and it will get better.
sarabehr 4 years ago
yeah i dont think she appeared too worried about quality in this performance. she just wanted to look pretty while doign it. haha i read somewhere that she studied at vanderbilt as violin performance though so she is trained atleast.
pianomatteo 4 years ago
agreed.
Klauserrr 4 years ago
the second half was the best! before that she just seemed uninterested in the music lol
and the crown did seem a little weird. but her jacket was cute!!!
jss2130 4 years ago
the crown just looks ridiculous. sorry. she plays ok, though.
hdunik 4 years ago
bravissimo
raft222 4 years ago
That was great. And hell yeah Wisconsin rules. I wish all the babes here looked that good though. She certainly knows how to work those fingers.
KevinTheReaper 4 years ago
Good gawd that was moving
izeman458 4 years ago
wow
Cheeseluva32 4 years ago
whoa
modeofchode 4 years ago
Wow, she's actually decent. I didn't expect that to be honest.
Gilaziel 4 years ago
decent... then wat would u call amazing!
violinandflute29 4 years ago
I know the state violin and piano champion of Wisconsin. SHE is amazing.
WITCHcordeliabianca 4 years ago
its amazing how she remembers all that! and it was soooo fast!
violinandflute29 4 years ago
yeah 4 real
danehurt 4 years ago
God, Wisconsin women are HOT.
a0lsucks 4 years ago
darn right, that's why i live there
OrneryJim 4 years ago