Encore!

Do all little kids 

dream of being musicians...

or

 rock stars...

or a conductor of a symphony?

I can still remember

standing on the picnic 

table directing my

imaginary orchestra

with my homemade baton

(a skinny scrap of 1970's paneling

wrapped in masking tape for reinforcement)

I was so upset when mom found it

and threw it out!!

She didn't know what it was,

and I was too embarrassed to tell her

what I was using it for.

Lord knows, they made me watch

the Lawrence Welk show every week

and

 we practically wore out the record player

with Glen Miller....

she should've started me on the 

trombone right then and there!!

 

 I did get my chance to be in an orchestra...

As fifth graders we got to begin

in C band...

We all got to choose from the school's

instruments to rent, unless your parents

could afford to buy you an instrument!

By the time my turn came up there was 

a french horn and a tuba left!

(another disadvantage of your last name

starting with "T")

 After the band instructor 

gave me quite a lengthy pep talk

on the French Horn,

I decided I would give it a try.

To make a long story short...

I stayed in band all through school

and enjoyed every practice, concert, tour,

musical, and sporting event!

The best thing a parent can do is 

support a child that wants to be in music. period! 

Exclamation!!

Band and choir gave me a better

appreciation for music...

to this day I would rather 

listen to music than 

do just about anything!

And that is why

I just about flipped out 

when our daughter-in-law's

parents got me a ticket to the 

symphony on our visit to Kansas City!

(first off, I only brought sloppy clothes

because it was just a quick trip!)

the next thing I knew I was shopping 

for symphony clothes!!

This wasn't just a "symphony"

it was the

Lee's Summit Symphony 10th Anniversary

at the 

Kauffman Center

 And it was our beloved in-law, Karl's,

original composition debut

"Celebrate the Collective"

a masterful piece of work

that filled me with joy and amazement!

I knew he was a very talented oboe player

and now I got to experience the full realm 

of his musical genius 

 The music was breath-taking...

 The acoustics were phenomenal...

 

 I actually changed seats at intermission

and the sound was perfect from any angle!

 I definately recommend 

the symphony if you haven't 

been for awhile

 And a symphony 

at the Kauffman Center

in downtown Kansas City

is the experience of a lifetime!!

 Thank you Karl and Jeanne!!

 

 A night at the symphony

made this Grandma remember

and realize the importance of music...

And the night shall be filled with music,

And the cares that infest the day

Shall fold their tents like the Arabs

And as silently steal away.

                 ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

 

 

P.S. 

My good friend James Webb played 

that left-over Tuba,

and played it better than anyone in the

history of the W.S.H.S marching band...

Good things happen with a 

music-filled heart!

 

OOOmmPPaaPPaa!!

Lisa