John Williams is the Man!

Our third fabulous concert in as many weeks.  We saw John Williams conduct the San Diego Symphony - they played a number of his famous compositions, from Close Encounters to Harry Potter to Star Wars.  Fabulous show!

They played the theme from Schindler's List too, and John Williams told the story about when he first began working on that project.  He said that he went to Steven Spielberg's house to watch the movie, after which, they would talk about the music.  After he saw the movie, he was so moved, that he needed to walk around for a bit to compose himself (so to speak).  He came back and said to Steven Spielberg "You need a better composer for this movie.  I'm not good enough."  Steven replied "I know, but they're all dead."

The show was really wonderful - he did four (!) encores!  The last was The Imperial March (Darth Vader's theme) and it was fantastic!  I highly recommend seeing him if he comes to a symphony near you.

Star Wars fans may enjoy this tribute to John Williams.

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Blockbuster Hit!

Are you in the mood for some good Hollywood entertainment? Good vs. Evil? Super Heroes? You should check out the The Avengers!

 The cast of characters….

 The Incredible Hulk – brilliant scientist with some rather startling anger management issues which manifest in a huge, green monster.

Captain America: WWII vet who was genetically transformed to the peak of human physicality, super-strong, old-school super hero.

Thor – god of thunder from Asgard, super-strong with a big magic hammer.

Iron Man – genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist with a sarcastic toungue and a bad-ass suit.

Add a couple of master assasins, a one-eyed super spy and an evil wanna-be king from another planet and you’ve got a recipe for a great adventure! I liked it a lot - I saw it last weekend and am going again tonight!  It is fun, action packed and funny.  A great escape for an evening!

Have you seen it? What did you think?



 

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