Christmas Concert

It has been quite a while since Marina and I have attended a symphony concert. So, we were both looking forward to the Christmas concert this evening. After school today we ate dinner and got ready to go. Marina wore a Santa inspired outfit. She looked really cute!

Marina decided she wanted to take the light rail downtown. That turned out to be a really smart plan. The performing arts complex had seven events scheduled for around the same time! When we arrived there were people everywhere. We saw a group called The singing group singing carols outside the concert hall. We’d met one of the performers before. During the song she pointed to us. We were surprised and pleased she remembered!

We went into concert hall and bought drinks and snacks. We left our coats at our seats and went to check out the activities set up for kids. We were surprised to see Santa sitting in the middle of the room. There was not line, so Marina posed for a photo with him. Then she sat down and made a paper bag reindeer puppet. As she was working on it, we saw the singing group come in. They had used a room there to change their clothes. Marina immediately ran over to say hello.

She finished her puppet a few minutes before the show started, so we went to our seats. We had a few minutes to look over the program before the show began. We were both pleased that our favorite conductorwould be conducting the concert.

The concert featured two children’s choirs, the Symphony Chorus and a soloist. We enjoyed the variety of musical numbers in the show. She particularly liked the Polar Express portion. She was quire pleased when the soloist walked past her seat and gave her a nod. Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance and we managed to get a photo with them at intermission.

We both enjoyed the show. Afterwards we were hoping to meet the soloist, but he did not appear in the lobby afterwards. So we went to the light rail and went home.