February Photo Summary

Here is a note on what happened in February.

We walked when the weather was cooperating - around the town

and in the wilderness as well.

 15 Feb. - Open School Day at Crave Creek Country School

16 Feb. - Music Concert

The first concert ever where we needed earplugs, at least at the beginning of the performance, because the sounds were so high that they were hurting. The performer used earplugs, we had not been told to bring some. The compositions by Mr. Shaver were enjoyable, the music reminded me of the works by King Crimson, the classic British rock band. Classic not meaning classical music of course.

23 Feb. - Music Concert in Church - we liked the ladies' voices very much.

Our favorite piece was a song sang in the movie "Brother Where Art Thou?"

And more walks we did when we could ...

Drawing At The Museum

#8

drawing by Ron

And here (below) my version of Paul Klee's painting which is my reply to a current FB trend - people recreating popular paintings in their own way, with the stuff they find.

January Log

January was much quieter than December. We could rest but stayed rather busy at the same time.

6 January
 
About 200 Saints (their relics) including our favorite ones visited our town. That was the relics collection that came to us from the Vatican.

Polish Saints whom we "met" there

Faustyna Kowalska
John Paul II
Maximilian Maria Kolbe
Satnislaus Papczyński
11 Martyrs of Novogrudek

19 January

Classical and popular music - concert

Our January walks - there were quite a lot of nice days on which we enjoyed walking.

October in Pictures

October Events

• Octoberfest

• Celtic Festival

•  Bestfest

• Music Concert & more

Two Concerts

Last Sunday was a great day. We enjoyed two quite different concerts.

1. Piano Concert by Kenny Broberg, silver medalist of the Fifteenth Cliburn International Competition

2. Music in the park by Austin Polka Band. We danced too. :-)

Sunday Entertainment

On Sunday 04/04, we came back to Meyerson Symphony Hall for some more classical music.

Conductor: Mr. John Storgaards

Haydn - Symphony No. 94, in G Major, "Surprise" - very pleasant and enjoyable.
Sibelius - Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47 - so beautiful!

The violinist, Mr. Augustin Hadelich is a 2016 Grammy Award winner, he plays Stradivarius violin made in 1723 - wonderful performance.

Nielsen - Symphony No.5, Op. 50 - quite epic - I had not heard anything by Nielsen before.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Evening

Last Friday, we had a great time at the Meyerson Symphony Center. We listened to live music by Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The "Prague" Symphony by Mozart (Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504) was lovely. However, it was the second part of the performance which made the evening.

"The Song of the Earth" by Mahler is such suggestive and illustrative music. Together with the magnificent voices of the singers (Kelly O'Connor and Russell Thomas), it created quite a vivid picture and story. You could almost see the birds in trees, the ship leaving the harbor, the moon and feel the wind blow on your face as well. I especially liked the sounds of cellos and trombones imitating the sound of the ship horn.