What a week! And everything made richer by the
pleasure of sharing it with our five interns from Brazil, Russia, Switzerland,
Thailand and Chicago, many experiencing these kinds of events for the first
time. Consider:
Wednesday:
The SF Giants win the World Series. Joyful pandemonium in the streets.
Thursday:
The
remarkable Intery Mintery Halloween ritual performance/celebration at The San
Francisco School. 100 kids charging the air with powerful dance and music with
full Orff ensemble, alto and soprano recorders, Thai angklung, boomwhackers and
chime bars, drums, bells, woodblocks and strings for sound effects and
Bulgarian bagpipe joined with Rumanian panpipes. Not your everyday school
Halloween event! Then fun outdoor booths, a final gathering with a mesmerizing
story and ending song designed to make the room jump up two feet at the end.
Friday:
San Francisco in all its Halloween glory (and
gory), capped by a walk up Belvedere St. with its unique displays and neighborhood
agreement to make a safe and fun trick-or-treat experience for kids of all
ages.
Saturday:
A workshop in Oakland on Georgian (from the Caucus
Mountains) singing followed by Sea Chanty singing on a boat at the Hyde Street
Pier.
Sunday:
An afternoon concert of Beethoven and Telemann by
the SF Academy orchestra followed by the Day of the Dead celebration down in
the Mission (more on that in the next blog).
How’s that for an interesting five days?
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