Vocal Jazz Concert

What a weekend I had!

On Wednesday, Anna and I went to the play, “August: Osage County”. It was a very powerful play and I can see why it won the Pulitzer price for Drama and play. Prior to the play, we had dinner at Alba Restaurant. We had every intention of going to the Japanese restaurant for dinner since we’ve not had sushi in such a long time. So, we ended up going around the corner to Alba Restaurant. This was the restaurant that we both fell in love the last time we had dinner. This time, I had a seven course meal and the chef/owner was more than happy to provide that for me. Anna came later because she had her high school musical practice that went longer. So, I started with three courses first. All in all, the meal was just wonderful and the best part, it cost $45 only. What a steal!

Joel and I went to a classical concert by the group called Poulenc Trio. What a wonderful classical concert. The members played a piano, oboe and bassoon. How cool! It was such a great way to spend the evening. Anna did not have tickets to this concert so she ended up staying home. The next day, she had to be at school at 8AM to help with a performance. She was the accompanist. I went to a program that Fr. Jim led talking about the book of Psalms. There were close to thirty people and all of them were from St. Kate’s. What a fun morning just learning more about the book of Psalms! Anna was not feeling well on Thursday and till today is still not feeling the best. So, when I got back, she was resting.

Later that evening, we had tickets to go to a vocal jazz concert at a community college. Anna was not up to it so I invited Sr. Carola to join me. The drive to the college was close to an hour and a half which was not too bad. It helped that I had someone going there with me. The two groups that performed were Rajaton and M-Pact. They were outstanding. Carola had never heard that type of genre of performance before and she was more than impressed. By the time I got home, it was close to 12:30AM which was not a problem.

Sunday was the benefit concert for Haiti, and I left the restaurant at 5:30PM in time to make it for the start of the benefit. Anna’s band was the first to get things started. Each band played for 45 minutes. By the time we left not too long after he band was done, I would say there were close to 250 people. Right there, it would have been $2,500 donated to Haiti. We would have stayed longer, but Anna was/is still under the weather. She’ll be leaving for Minneapolis to attend a conference starting on Wednesday till Friday. I’m sure she’ll make it there even if she’s not feeling the best. She wants to go so she can see Mikey.

That’s all from me.