Concert in the Gardens

Last night we had a great family outing. We spent the evening at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. We had a lovely picnic dinner on the lawn and then listened to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra delight us with their musical talents, led by conductor Andres Franco.

There were squillions of people there to see the performance. We had a great spot even though we were in the “back 40″!

The performance featured favorite music from Harry Potter, Star Trek, and most importantly, Star Wars. There were even Star Wars characters roaming the garden for photo shoots. Nicholas was excited to get his picture with a Stormtrooper and an Imperial Guard from Star Wars!

I seriously don’t know how these people could stand to be in these costumes. It was very very warm and incredibly humid and there they were in full costume! Ugh.

There was fantastic music choreographed to a brilliant laser light show and fireworks! The laser show for the Star Wars piece was most impressive. It was complete with laser formed characters, spaceships, and fully animated scenes from the movie. For the finale, the orchestra wrapped up the Star Wars set with fireworks overhead. It was really awesome!

We always love going to the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens but this was a new exciting way to experience the gardens. There are more Concerts in the Garden throughout the summer so check out the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens website for concert information.

Kinderconcerts by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

We had the pleasure of joining our friends at the Fort Worth Symphony’s Kinderconcert presentation of Green Eggs and Ham recently. Kinderconcerts are part of the educational programs that are provided by the Fort Worth Symphony. They are geared to ages 3-6.

The concert was 35 minutes long – I want to thank those in charge of this program for addressing the needs of their wiggly audience by creating a concert of the perfect length.

It started with an overview of the instrumental sections. Each section of the Orchestra had on a different color shirt so the kids could identify what instruments went together.

They then played snippets of music related to different emotions.

And then on to Green Eggs and Ham which was performed by two singer/actors accompanied by the orchestra. It was cute and well done.

The kids watched with attention.

More information about the educational concert series by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra can be found on their website.