Yesterday (Saturday), I was originally planning to go to my regular monthly writers group meeting, but I found out that it had been canceled. But, in a way this was fortunate: my sister had been given two tickets for a performance by the Petaluma Chorale by a woman in her book group (who is also part of the Chorale). They were giving a performance of Rodgers & Hammerstein.
The Petaluma Chorale Presents Rodgers & Hammerstein in Concert
, Saturday, May 10 3:00p
Since I would not be going to my writers group, I decided it would be a fun thing to go to this with my sister (luckily she hadn’t managed to give her other ticket away yet). And they did a wonderful job.
Not only did I enjoy the music, but they also had students from the Petaluma City Ballet there to perform and it was very sweet – both my sister and I in fact got a bit teary watching the girls. I’m not sure why; something to do with the sweet innocence, maybe remembering ourselves at that age. It was just emotional watching them somehow. It was very lovely.
And I enjoyed this performance so much it had me wanting to watch The Sound of Music again! I don’t think I have seen that since I was a little kid! But maybe one of these days when I have nothing better to do, I will pull out the DVD and watch it.
…And I feel bad, because the woman who gave us the tickets has also mentioned to my sister that she would like piano lessons from me — so that she can read the music for her part in the chorale. And I could certainly teach her to read music! I feel bad that I haven’t contacted her yet. I just feel so overwhelmed so much of the time lately and she is not the only one who wants my piano-teaching skills either; I just haven’t managed to fit that into my life these days. But… hopefully soon!