Monday's Remembrance

Monday, December 11, 2006

I forgot to include a few pics from our (Mommy, Joshy and me) outing yesterday to the Sacramento Library.

Here's a camera-phone shot of Mommy and Joshy just as the symphony began

Here's a shot of the symphony from the balcony(2nd floor) from behind a guy who was video taping the concert, so his camera is in the shot...

...and here's a shot of Joshy and me at the end of the 30 minute concert...

The concert was within 2 minutes of finishing and he passed out, done. Cute, but heavy.

The concert itself was quite nice and at the very beginning, the conductor asked the front row to move back a little so the kids could come and sit up on the floor in the very front, which I thought was magnificent. Also, at the end of the concert, with one more song to play, he asked the children if any of them ever wanted to be a conductor and those that raised their hands in affirmation were asked up, one at a time, onto the conductor's stand, and after he had the first child up there with the baton in her hand, he had her count to 4 with the baton and the musicians began to play. Each of the 3 children who raised their hands got a turn conducting the orchestra while the conductor stood over next to the wall and applauded them and the musicians as the audience clapped along to the final song. It was more than heart-warming to see the children given the opportunity to participate.

peace