The Jackson Hole High School Orchestra performed a winter concert at the High School on Thursday night. The orchestra looked good and sounded o.k.. The cello choir was pretty rockin’. What’s with all the good cello players in this orchestra? Don’t they know that cello is lame. Morose, oversized compared to a violin, puny compared to a double bass. I guess cello is the new violin.
I’m writing these comments based on only a brief sample of the concert. I was there, but I wasn’t …
Last Saturday, The Metropolitan Opera – in New York City – blasted its production of Don Giovanni on to a HD screen 2100 miles away in Teton Village on a blustery fall day. About 200 opera fans packed the center seats at Walk Festival Hall with their warm coffee, lunches and even of few Snuggies (why didn’t I think of that?). The three-hour-plus live silmulcast performance was one of the most compelling Don Giovanni productions this opera fan had ever seen and may have convinced me that seeing opera in …
The airport has preferred parking for low emission vehicles. The snooty arrogance of the “greener than thou” movement is really tedious. With so many spaces reserved for the handicapped and the green elite the close in spots are getting hard to find. I’m worried that someday I’ll get to the airport and all the parking spots will have signs that say “Anybody but Judd”.