When the Welsh Pops Orchestra played the catchy turn of We Don’t Talk About Bruno, the Duchess began to dance instantly with her high heels.
But when the family was invited to a small tech store, assisted on stage by the crew, George and Charlotte were immediately absorbed in the series of buttons in front of them.
A clearly excited George tried to slide the sound mixer buttons to vary which speakers were louder, listening through the headphones as he was shown how to isolate a microphone.
At one point, the family laughed when someone, without naming names, shouted comments, with George jumping lightly and laughing.
“What does it do?” he asked Chris Hewitt, the sound engineer who was teaching him the strings.
Then Mr. Hewitt said of George’s efforts, “He was doing a concert bigger than me at his age.”
On the lighting platform, Charlotte joined in the questions, observing how she could exercise the power of turning the stage lights on and off.
When it was time to move on, Prince William reminded his children, “Thank you! We’ll go before we break anything.”
Charlotte gave the final light before the family left, walking across the grass to the main stage where they would be introduced to the performers of the Wales Youth Choir for Good and the Pops of Wales Orchestra. the.
The Duchess spoke to the orchestra’s string performers and told them that she would have liked to learn a string instrument but played the flute.
He told cellist Katy Cox that the children were beginning their own musical journeys, learning electric guitar and piano.