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The Concert
Oct. 24th, 2004 09:12 amNobody has commented on any of my journal entries in a long time )-:
Well, the concert was fun. We ended up dragging Tiffany along, because she gets in free on her Youth Honors Orchestra-ness, and it was a REALLY GOOD CONCERT.
They actually did wear costumes! Jessica had a silver mask and a cape which she had to flip back in order to do all those crazy notes in "Night on Bald Mountain," and Alice had on this white one while she was dressed all in black, and it has this very cool effect because she was all contrast with the pale of her arms and mask and the dark of her hair and clothes. It sort of reminded me of the Phantom of the Opera, cello-style, lol . . .
They played "Night on Bald Mountain," which looked really hard, but sounded so cool, and "Dance in the Hall of the Mountain King," which I love (and wish I could have played), and the Pirates of the Caribbean symphonic arrangement (which I also wish I could have played) and that "Autumn Leaves" that was really pretty and turned out not to be about Sirius like Jessica originally pointed out but Lily and James, complete with two cymbal crashes for their Avada Kedavras. Anyway, lol . . . Tiffany and I had fun with that . . . we BOTH got an epiphany at the same time and we weren't even talking to each other.
During intermission we ran down to look for Jessica, and she had run up to look for us, but we eventually found her, and then we all sat together for the little in-between section with the Boston Brass. They were so cool! They were utterly hilarious, and so good . . . I like it when groups can be like that. Some are extremely good, but so serious you feel like it's sacrosanct and you're not allowed to enjoy it out loud, where with them you could laugh and clap and that's what they wanted.
All-brass music. Usually I'm not really a huge fan, but it has its merits-- especially when it's good. For some reason it reminds me very much of the 1940s, probably as a result of jazz music and Aaron Copland. Anyway, lol . . . Brass: the 1940s sound.
Then afterward we all sat back down and there was a little costume march for the kids (I so would have worn a costume if I had known we could! My Juliet one needs a use!), and they got candy (MORE reason for me to have done it!), and the orchestra played again, including a piece that was being played for the first time, which was nice. They did have to skip one on the repertoire, though. It was the one by Conrad. I wanted to hear it; I like the name Conrad. It reminds me of the 1950s-- probably because it sounds like "comrade" and that reminds me of Communism, lol . . .
I really like this Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas CD. Anyway, I am really very fond of Christmas music . . . and slow piano music often associated with Christmas that reminds me all of all winter, more secular, or at least only more less-holidayized.
That was a really very awkward sentence, but I am compulsive this morning. I think I need to take a shower before I try to write my two more essays.
Obsessive-Compulsive.
Practice makes perfect? You're far beyond that.
You're overly focused on detail & orderliness.
More often than not, you miss the larger
picture. You set unreasonably high standards
for yourself & others, & then tend to be
critical when your expectations are not met.
You avoid working in teams because you feel
that others are incompetent. You try to not
make descisions out of fear of making mistakes.
You are not very generous with your time or
money.
What's your inner personality disorder?
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See, I TOLD you I was compulsive this morning.
I also took it for Fairy in the play, and, yeah, she's a total histrionic:
Histrionic.
What's your inner personality disorder?
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She's so histrionic she's in the looney bin, which is really fun to play. Anyway, lol . . .
Well, the concert was fun. We ended up dragging Tiffany along, because she gets in free on her Youth Honors Orchestra-ness, and it was a REALLY GOOD CONCERT.
They actually did wear costumes! Jessica had a silver mask and a cape which she had to flip back in order to do all those crazy notes in "Night on Bald Mountain," and Alice had on this white one while she was dressed all in black, and it has this very cool effect because she was all contrast with the pale of her arms and mask and the dark of her hair and clothes. It sort of reminded me of the Phantom of the Opera, cello-style, lol . . .
They played "Night on Bald Mountain," which looked really hard, but sounded so cool, and "Dance in the Hall of the Mountain King," which I love (and wish I could have played), and the Pirates of the Caribbean symphonic arrangement (which I also wish I could have played) and that "Autumn Leaves" that was really pretty and turned out not to be about Sirius like Jessica originally pointed out but Lily and James, complete with two cymbal crashes for their Avada Kedavras. Anyway, lol . . . Tiffany and I had fun with that . . . we BOTH got an epiphany at the same time and we weren't even talking to each other.
During intermission we ran down to look for Jessica, and she had run up to look for us, but we eventually found her, and then we all sat together for the little in-between section with the Boston Brass. They were so cool! They were utterly hilarious, and so good . . . I like it when groups can be like that. Some are extremely good, but so serious you feel like it's sacrosanct and you're not allowed to enjoy it out loud, where with them you could laugh and clap and that's what they wanted.
All-brass music. Usually I'm not really a huge fan, but it has its merits-- especially when it's good. For some reason it reminds me very much of the 1940s, probably as a result of jazz music and Aaron Copland. Anyway, lol . . . Brass: the 1940s sound.
Then afterward we all sat back down and there was a little costume march for the kids (I so would have worn a costume if I had known we could! My Juliet one needs a use!), and they got candy (MORE reason for me to have done it!), and the orchestra played again, including a piece that was being played for the first time, which was nice. They did have to skip one on the repertoire, though. It was the one by Conrad. I wanted to hear it; I like the name Conrad. It reminds me of the 1950s-- probably because it sounds like "comrade" and that reminds me of Communism, lol . . .
I really like this Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas CD. Anyway, I am really very fond of Christmas music . . . and slow piano music often associated with Christmas that reminds me all of all winter, more secular, or at least only more less-holidayized.
That was a really very awkward sentence, but I am compulsive this morning. I think I need to take a shower before I try to write my two more essays.
Obsessive-Compulsive.
Practice makes perfect? You're far beyond that.
You're overly focused on detail & orderliness.
More often than not, you miss the larger
picture. You set unreasonably high standards
for yourself & others, & then tend to be
critical when your expectations are not met.
You avoid working in teams because you feel
that others are incompetent. You try to not
make descisions out of fear of making mistakes.
You are not very generous with your time or
money.
What's your inner personality disorder?
brought to you by Quizilla
See, I TOLD you I was compulsive this morning.
I also took it for Fairy in the play, and, yeah, she's a total histrionic:
Histrionic.
What's your inner personality disorder?
brought to you by Quizilla
She's so histrionic she's in the looney bin, which is really fun to play. Anyway, lol . . .
