We Attend The Symphony

Doesn’t that sound fancy?

Ice storms cancelled the February concert we were to attend, so late April found us at the symphony. I love that we knew right where to go and where to park, and Yessa was especially fascinated by the very long lines of school buses bringing “The Schoolers” to the free concert.

There were no tickets given out for the concert, and I was tickled when the woman told us we were to sit in “the loge boxes.” That meant we were seated on the side, in box seats, right up next to the stage. They were fantastic. The boxes have individual seats and little tables for holding your drinks. We loved it.

As we waited for the concert to begin, I turned to Yessa to say, “I wonder if Roger will be playing today.”

Roger is a friend from our church. He plays the oboe in the symphony, and he played at the last concert we attended.

At that very moment, Yessa hollered out, “There he is!”

Roger had just come out onto the empty stage.

We had a couple minutes to talk with him, and it turns out he was the MC for our concert!

Director of Education & Community Engagement Walter Bitner wrote a wonderful blog post about the creation of the special concert we saw. Roger played oboe and piano as well as serving as the MC for the day. It brought an extra connection for us.

I accidentally deleted my pictures of the day from my phone, except for this one:

But here’s one from Walter’s blog post of the wonderful musicians who shared their talent and sense of fun with us.

One final interesting tech note. I set our parking to have a text sent to my phone so I could put more money in “the meter” to extend our parking time if the concert went longer than expected. It did, and I did. So amazing, this world we live in.