The Lake County Symphony Orchestra's Welcome Christmas concert was Saturday evening. Guest soloists sang recitatives from the Messiah. Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite was mashed up with Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Sweets -- the symphonic version vs. the jazz version. The concert ended with an audience sing-along to Leroy Anderson's Christmas Festival.
There was a raffle to win a chance to conduct the orchestra in Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." A guy named Bill was the winner. "Have you ever conducted before?" asked Ron, the real conductor. "Never!" Bill replied. Fortunately the musicians knew the piece very well!
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The beavers have been busy at Sand Pond where I walked on Friday afternoon.
They have put out Christmas decorations, though. (One rock was atop a tree stump and the other on a snow-topped picnic table.)
It's turned quite cold--the weather map shows most of the U.S. is affected--so I doubt I'll take any long walks this week.
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In the studio:
Wheelchair quilt #9 is a flimsy. I emptied a box of 2.5" four-patches. Hooray!
#10 is in process. I had four 9" Ohio Stars in the Orphans Box. It's been fun to come up with similar combinations for the 4 x 5 setting I have in mind.
Linking up with Oh Scrap! Design Wall Monday
Your wheelchair quilts have been inspirational. They will be well loved by the recipients. Great job!! The only musical events I've been able to attend this year was a play at the local community theater group which was a musical, and the high school Show Choir holiday fund raiser. I'm always blown away by how talented the Show Choir kids are. It's no wonder they've won competitions all over the country.
ReplyDeleteHi Nann, speaking of beavers, you have been a busy beaver yourself. So many lovely finishes, flimsies, matching of blocks, etc. And lovely events. I loved your selfie with the group...so many friendly happy faces all enjoying themselves...awesome!
ReplyDeleteYou are making good progress using up orphan bits and pieces.
ReplyDeleteThe concert sounds like a lot of fun. Congrats on all the progress on the wheelchair quilts. Happy stitching this week.
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