The next stage after the roof was getting the the house finished on the inside. We opted to put in more sets of ceiling lights for the zones we intended to establish in the room, which led to new light switches, and since all of the lights were dimmer capable, all the switches had dimmers. … Continue reading House Repairs: Insulation and Sheet Rock
Christmas Music 2017 — Last installment
Here is my last installment of Christmas music -- for the 10th Day of Christmas. I had the ensembles on Sunday, so today I am going to do the individual numbers. Actually number. We had two individual performances on Dec. 24. The first was two superb Saxophone numbers by Rick Firestone. The first was an … Continue reading Christmas Music 2017 — Last installment
WinterFest: Good Start for a New Tradition
Today I want to discuss World's of Fun most recent addition: the WinterFest season. Let me start by giving it a good 4 out of 5 stars in my quasi-rating system. I'm not judging very harshly, of course, but there was nothing there to make me be overly critical, and a lot that I enjoyed, … Continue reading WinterFest: Good Start for a New Tradition
New Year’s Cleaning
They Say New Year's is a time for resolutions. And Monday is supposed to be my fitness update. Both of which might get some mention today. Both of which, from the Fitness perspective, will get more detail next Monday. But today, I'm going to talk about New Year's as a time for cleaning. There are … Continue reading New Year’s Cleaning
Christmas Service Music
'Tis the season for enjoying seasonal music. To mark the 7th day of Christmas here is some service music from Avondale United Methodist Church. These are he pieces performed by the Avondale United Methodist Church Cathedral Choir and Orchestra on Dec. 24, 2017.
Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 3
The final segments of the Musical Feast begin with a clarinet resetting of a soprano aria from Romeo & Juliet, played by Kim Heft: That was followed by two piano solos, one by Samuel Kwon, the other by Stephen Kwon. Samuel Played Somewhere Over the Rainbow: While Stephen played Angel We Have Heard on High:
A Blast of the Past #129: Gingerbread Houses
Actually they are Graham Cracker, but they were fun to make, though sometimes frustrating:
Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 2
Today's clips start with A piano rendition of O Holy Night by our church Organist and accompanist, John Livingston: Next we have this clip of an animated singing of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The final clip for today is JC Tappert singing "Don't Save it all for Christmas": The rest of the clips … Continue reading Christmas Extravaganza 2017, Part 2
Christmas Extravaganza 2017
One of the fun things from years past at Avondale United Methodist Church has been the Christmas Music Extravaganza. Open to all, it has always been a place for people who normally don't get a chance to perform in church to perform, and for those who do to perform pieces they wouldn't normally perform as … Continue reading Christmas Extravaganza 2017
Out of the cold…
Well, today hasn't been productive, unless you count taking a sick day from work to get feelling better, and spending a few hours trying to get the heat working again in the house as the temperature outside drops to single digits productive. But hopefully I will be back to real content posts by tomorrow...
At The Rainbow 