Spirit Play, week 3; unexpected concert!
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edenfallingToday was the third week of Spirit Play. Our lesson was "Seeds Into Plants," which did come with a book, but I ended up ditching the book because it was massively boring (seriously, do the adults who write kids' books ever try reading them aloud to actual live breathing children?), and anyway, we had nifty felt-and-velcro visual aids and, provided I don't have to get more technical than stamen-pollen-stigma-pistil-eggs, I can explain plant sex in my sleep. :-)
I kind of forgot snack time, but nobody complained, so I think it's okay.
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After church, I bought a pair of light tan corduroy pants from Trader K's, the local consignment shop. Then I finished the last thirty pages of Carol Berg's Song of the Beast, returned it to the library, and headed home. That was about 1:30pm.
I did not reach home until nearly two hours later, because I was hijacked by a concert. :-)
See, apparently Ithaca College puts on a concert in DeWitt park every Founder's Day, which happens to be September 21st. They started at 2:00pm, but the wind ensemble was doing some last minute rehearsal and warm-ups as I walked past, and the Friends of Ithaca College were handing out free cookies and drinks, so I stopped and grabbed a program.
This is what they played:
Procession of the Nobles, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
[listen]
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, by John Philip Sousa
[listen -- slightly inept high school band rehearsal; sorry, only version I could find]
Second Suite in F for Military Band, by Gustav Holst
-----1. March
-----2. Song without Words: "I Love My Love"
-----3. Song of the Blacksmith
-----4. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
[listen: 1 and 2, 3 and 4 - I love this piece SO MUCH]
The Sword and the Crown, by Edward Gregson
[listen]
The Trombone King, by Karl King
[listen - another high school band, playing a bit slower than they should]
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, by Alexander Borodin
[listen - this is an orchestral version, but I am SO JEALOUS of the oboe solo in the first part]
Come Sunday, by Duke Ellington (instrumental only, w/ alto sax solo)
[listen]
Crown Imperial, by William Walton
[listen]
The music is whatever I could find on YouTube, not the actual Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, but the pieces will make a nice mini concert if you're interested. (Except maybe the Sousa march rehearsal.)
The IC Wind Ensemble is very good. I was particularly impressed by their percussion section, and, of course, the oboists. I always pay as close attention to oboists as I can. :-)
I kind of forgot snack time, but nobody complained, so I think it's okay.
---------------
After church, I bought a pair of light tan corduroy pants from Trader K's, the local consignment shop. Then I finished the last thirty pages of Carol Berg's Song of the Beast, returned it to the library, and headed home. That was about 1:30pm.
I did not reach home until nearly two hours later, because I was hijacked by a concert. :-)
See, apparently Ithaca College puts on a concert in DeWitt park every Founder's Day, which happens to be September 21st. They started at 2:00pm, but the wind ensemble was doing some last minute rehearsal and warm-ups as I walked past, and the Friends of Ithaca College were handing out free cookies and drinks, so I stopped and grabbed a program.
This is what they played:
Procession of the Nobles, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
[listen]
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, by John Philip Sousa
[listen -- slightly inept high school band rehearsal; sorry, only version I could find]
Second Suite in F for Military Band, by Gustav Holst
-----1. March
-----2. Song without Words: "I Love My Love"
-----3. Song of the Blacksmith
-----4. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
[listen: 1 and 2, 3 and 4 - I love this piece SO MUCH]
The Sword and the Crown, by Edward Gregson
[listen]
The Trombone King, by Karl King
[listen - another high school band, playing a bit slower than they should]
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, by Alexander Borodin
[listen - this is an orchestral version, but I am SO JEALOUS of the oboe solo in the first part]
Come Sunday, by Duke Ellington (instrumental only, w/ alto sax solo)
[listen]
Crown Imperial, by William Walton
[listen]
The music is whatever I could find on YouTube, not the actual Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, but the pieces will make a nice mini concert if you're interested. (Except maybe the Sousa march rehearsal.)
The IC Wind Ensemble is very good. I was particularly impressed by their percussion section, and, of course, the oboists. I always pay as close attention to oboists as I can. :-)
