The Colorado adventure

Symphony

After a bit of a rest we went over to a church to hear the Aurora Symphony and see a play called ‘remote control’ by the Shoestring children’s theater.

By the time we got there it was standing room only, but it was a shorter performance since it was meant for kids. We heard music from Bugs Bunny (complete with a kid Bugs and another as Elmer Fudd getting a haircut in a barber shop.) We listened to Under the Sea as Ariel danced, lobsters and jellyfish shimmered, dolphins leapt and a humpback whale puppet floated around the room.

More Looney tunes and cartoon music ensued as we watched the kids on stage act out the scenes. Soon it was ‘That’s all folks!’ and we were invited to see the puppets, play an instrument and talk to the actors.

Grace went straight to the humpback puppet (no, you can’t have it, I have no idea where we would put it!) Hannah tried a clarinet, french horn and violin.

Grace and Bethany tried the violin.

The bassoonist wasn’t letting anyone actually touch his $16,000 bassoon, but we did get to hear it rumble up close. We saw a co-worker of James’ there and the girls dance teacher, what a small world. I think a friend to two were there also, but we didn’t see them.

What a great thing the Aurora symphony does for the community, my only comment – you need a bigger venue (too bad the Fox won’t let you play there on the weekends since they have shows going.)

Info on the symphony here and on Shoestring theater here.