We finished the Messiah Concert series last night with a heart-felt goodbye to B. Murphy, the long-standing director and soul of this annual event. After the engaging performance last night, he boarded a flight to Washington, DC to start a new job, I think he will be missed (and should be!) in this community.
My honey’s mother and sister were here from Nevada and the three of us sat on the front row, where we had a great view of the choir, orchestra, soloists and poinsettias. Lots of poinsettias.
Someone at work asked me about the LIVE for Life concert on Sunday night and I said that when the choir and orchestra performed, it felt as if waves were slowing coming in from the ocean, embracing me and then trying to pull me back out with them. It was outstanding. I’ve never felt quite so enveloped by such soothing, all-embracing sound.