I'm a musician and frequently have to do concerts, but it's often hard for me to decide what hairstyle to do. My hair holds updos well and they are quite elegant so I thought I could try one, but I'm at a loss for ideas.

My first recital is on Monday (Feb 10), and I am wearing a long skirt and a pretty top. This is in a small school and a lot of younger kids, and this concert is a little bit informal. I thought I might only take half of it up, and I can do this by putting it in a clip, making a bun ("the topknot"), or that French Twist I had written about earlier. Does anyone else have any other ideas?

My next one coming up is next month, on March 10. This is a lot more formal, it's a band and choir concert, whereas the one before is solos (I'm doing piano and violin in the first one, playing clarinet in the band in the second one and singing in the choir). On this concert everyone has to wear black from the waist down (pants for boys, skirts for girls) and white dress shirts. And guys wear a tie. I thought an updo might do well for this... I thought I might just do my french twist, does anyone else have any other suggestions? I'm not good at matching clothes with hairstyles!

Wow those are great ideas! For a braided bun I usually do a french braid anyway, I find it holds better for me. Wow thanks a lot Robin  !

I was going to braid the top half like you suggested, but I found that my hair was straight that day with a little curl at the bottom (my hair is different every day  ) which I wanted to show of. So I just pulled the top into a barette and everyone said that it looked like I had curled it at the bottom! Haha ... anyway my next one is on March 10 and I'm thinking of doing the french braided bun, but then again you never know how my hair will decide to behave on that day!

Haha that we are... funny how my hair decides how I'm going to feel that day! Bad hair day = bad mood!!