Perfect concert day

[matrixrefugee]

A bit of news I meant to post a day or two ago: the grower my dad works for supplies plants to decorate the stage at Symphon Hall in Boston... so the company head got several free tickets to one of the Boston Pops concerts, namely to their "Pops at the Beach" concert in Hyannis. As he was telling my dad about this, dad started to ask if there were any spare tickets, but his boss cut him off at the pass: "Hardly anyone uses them... would you want them?" Of course my dad, whose favorite price is "free", jumped at the chance.

Turns out, they were VIP seating tickets worth at least $150 a piece. Which meant we not only had a great view of the stage, but we also had complimentary soda, chips, a cheese platter, and a goodie bag with all kinds of nick-nacks (pens, playing cards, a corkscrew, pads of paper, and doodads like that).

Keith Lockhart conducted a program of Broadway and Hollywood music, including several of my favorites: the overture to "Ben Hur" and the main title theme for "Lawrence of Arabia". My dad was trying to find some way for me to meet the maestro, but that didn't pan out. There's always next year!

The weather couldn't have been more delightful either: sunny with a lovely breeze off the ocean...

The only fly in the ointment today: I just suspended my MxO account, so now there's some sadness creeping into my heart as I finish this entry. For all the trouble people caused me on there, I miss them all, already. But... I found one of my all time favorite Disney clips, via GAFF:

Night on Bald Mountain, from "Fantasia" (unfortunately, two of the more gleefully dangerous headspace-dwellers are getting more of a kick out of it than I'd really like to be privy to...). Now, If I could just find the "Ave Maria" sequence that immediately follows it in the movie, I'll be a happy oddball.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Lucky you! That must have been great.
Um, am I a total chicken for admitting that when I was younger, the 'Night on Bald Mountain' sequence SCARED THE EVERLOVING ---- out of me? Most of 'Fantasia' made me fall asleep (what can I say? I'm a little bit country, a whole lotta rock n' roll, and not classical in the least!) but that sequence had me cowering in my seat.
Not much of a Disney girl– I think 'Aladdin' ruined it for me, what with all my classmates asked me things like, "Does your mum wear poofy trousers?" and "Do your carpets at home act like that?" >_<
~Ruby

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Owch! Sorry to hear that those Arabian Nights sterotypes got the better of your friends: don't kill me, but I have have a guilty-pleasure thing for that sort of stuff.

Funny thing, the Night on Bald Mountain sequence never fazed me: I suspect growing up Catholic and seeing all sorts of creepy images of hell might have something to do with it.

[nightofcydonia.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Fantasia. I remember that. My favorites were the history of the Earth one, since I was into dinosaurs at the time, and the one with the mytholgical creatures. I think that 'Night on Bald Mountain' actually scared me a bit when I was little.
~Weaver
P.S. I heard that you're having trouble finding TB episodes. Have a look on Myspace videos. That's where I watched it.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I'm a bit gunshy about MySpace or anything having to do with it: I know some people who've had some none-to-pleasant experiencs, but I'll give it a shot.

And yep, my other favorite part of Fantasia was/is the mythologic section: Arcadian revelry FTW!

[nightofcydonia.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I can't really see the point myself. But that was where the episodes were and since I didn't need an account, I was happy to watch them.
~Weaver