Marimba

Marimba

Trinity Church

Yesterday (Saturday May 7, 2011), my son Richard and I attended another Music for Youth Young Persons Concert. We went expecting to see a percussionist but there was a change in plans and instead we were treated to a performance by Pius Cheung - Marimbist.  



He opened with the Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" (Green Hornet's theme). The 50-some minute show included some short atonal pieces, Bach, and several audience participation pieces where we were clapping along for so long our hands started to go numb. Great fun. 



The concert was held at Trinity Church instead of the Pequot Library as usual. This protestant church has upper galleries- we usually sit there so we can see better. We usually sit on the right hand side (see picture below) but this time we sat on the left.

The day started out good when Richard's roller hockey team won their final game of the season (17-7); playoffs begin next weekend. Lynn's aunt, Sr. Pat was there to cheer Richard on. He scored a goal and also had two assists.

Lunch again at Boston Market.

After the concert, we stopped at the local Borders Book store that is closing. Richard found a couple items to his liking: a hockey book and a CD of the soundtrack music for a favorite Cirque du Soleil show, Alegria. Guess what we listened to as we drove the 50-some miles back to West Hartford?

And when we got back, we worked on his US History project on Senator Joseph McCarthy. And then we took advantage of the nice weather and the sidewalks and the three of us (Lynn, Richard, and me) took a long walk.