THREE TAPS 2012

It is after 11 and I've just returned from a librarian's meeting. I'm delighted to say that the first weekend with two performances by the big choir (The Chautauqua Choir) went off without a hitch!  We received kudos all around from the choir for our efforts.  Feels great!


The Sunday service today started with the traditional Three Taps of the Gavel which officially opens the season.  


Here's the massive amphitheater as people were starting to arrive:

This is the view from the choir loft and the place was almost filled for the morning service.  Capacity: 5000!  This is an old wooden building with old wooden benches.  The organ sounds fabulous in this building.  Jared the Organist/Choir Master opened the season with a piece by Olivier Messiaen called Vision of the Eternal Church.  This was really special to me because I played it on my junior recital in college and I don't think I have heard it since.  As a special treat, Jared gave me his copy of the music, which he downloaded off the web.  Things have changed since the late 60's!!


Here's the "house of the day"  (I don't know if I'll include a house picture every day. . . but now that I have the IPhone and the capacity to take pictures and post them, it behooves me to let you see what this place looks like, a little at a time:

This is a tiny little house called Thumbelina and it sits right at the end of Bestor Plaza in the center of town.  Very typical of Chautauqua architecture .

Also, I saw this on a walk through the green part of the plaza:

I know it looks like he is peeing in the fountain, but he's just playing with one of the gargoyles that spouts water. Seeing children playing in the fountains is a very typical sight.. . . especially on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.


Tomorrow, along with the lecture series featuring Roger Rosenblatt, I begin my second season of taking the Reader's Theater Class.  I loved this class last year so I re-upped!  This is before I knew I had this library gig.  But our long meeting tonight was to lay out our hours for the coming week.  My two cohorts and I want to make sure that we all get to do what we came here to do, along with doing the job.   Tomorrow night the three of us and Jared are going out to dinner!  This is a first!   I'm looking forward to this social time with these other musician friends.


Sore throat being persistent, but getting a little better every day.  Haven't had time to go to the gym even once, but that has got to be remedied this week!


I'm completely ready for what week 1 has to bring!