I felt compelled to update about the weekend. Last night we went to see the Florida Orchestra as I mentioned above and it was awesome! Thank goodness, because I needed something to switch my husband’s mood. There were only about ten of us there who were under the age of 60 I think. Not that it matters, but it was hard to miss. I had bought cheap seats, just $15 a ticket, but the place is on the small side and all seats are good. What a bargain. I have a feeling all the best from Boston, Chicago, NYC, and other great cities move to FL eventually and so the orchestra here is amazing for being in a smaller city (not very small, but not huge).
They played some of the well known and not so well known very American songs. Towards the end they did a sing along and the whole audience participated. Songs like God Bless America, My Country Tis of Thee, I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, and a couple of others. They turned up the house lights and did a salute to the armed forces and when the song from your branch played that you served in, or someone in your family served in, you were asked to stand. There were a lot of people in the audience who were able to stand.
It was very nice, the conductor was wonderful. He gave background to most of the songs and he told a few bad jokes that made you giggle.
The best part was my husband said at the end of the night, “we can see the orchestra any time you want.” I should have done that a long time ago. We talked about how nice it would be to take his parents since language is not a barrier. Not for the most part anyway.
Great night.