Saturday evening we joined several people at the home of a friend for singing. She usually hosts a carol sing a couple of weeks before Christmas, but she was laid up after a fall in December and couldn't do the party. So she decided to have us all come to sing love songs. It was fun to try some new arrangements. I brought a medley of four old standards (just the words) and was surprised that several people didn't seem to know them. But we enjoyed the music, conversations and cookies.
Then Sunday night Randy and attended a chamber music program at Trinity. Our choir director played flute, joined by violin and cello. They chose a variety of trios and duets, which they played with feeling. I remember my first exposure to chamber music, when I was 13 and attending Summer Youth Music camp at the University of Illinois. No doubt the performers were quite skilled, but it was certainly not my kind of music. Even though my tastes have changed through the years, I seldom go out of my way to hear string trios. In this case, knowing the individual members of the group probably helped, as did the addition of flute.
Tonight the community band presents a concert. We have not decided if we will attend. I'm still annoyed with the director for not finding a way to seat Randy away from the trumpets blowing in his ears. Randy enjoyed playing in the band for more than 40 years, but the trumpets finally drove him out.
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