a free date

Tonight we went on a little holiday excursion. There was an ad in our local magazine for a free brass ensemble and handbell choir Christmas concert at Lynchburg College. We are pretty much always up for a free concert so we decided to give it a try. Welllllll, ya win some and ya lose some. It wasn't terrible, but it was definitely lacking star quality. Our first tip was when the handbell choir began playing The Lion King Suite. . .complete with "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" I am very sorry for this representation, Elton. If you look closely at the brass ensemble on the left you will see the most well-behaved seeing-eye dog. He dozed there the entire time and we enjoyed having him.


Then, a few minutes later the brass ensemble played The Pink Panther. By this point, we had gotten smart and were prepared to make a video. If you make it all the way to the end, notice the french hornist on the far right proceed to take off his jacket and head over to the handbell side of the stage so he could participate with them. Quite professional. We were a little concerned the first time, but by the end of the performance we hardly noticed anymore.



To end the performance, the handbell choir all simultaneously reached under the table to retrieve a Santa hat which they all donned for a lively rendition of "Jingle Bells." They strongly encouraged the audience to sing along, and all 20 of us tried our best, but I don't think we mustered up quite enough enthusiasm for them. However, I must admit, we left with a smile.


The smiles continued when we pulled up to our house and saw. . .you guessed it!. . .a new dress display!! I guess these are their Christmas party ideas:

Had to show off our festive selves:


And we're off to bed. Farewell November. Let the Christmastide joys begin!!