Field Trip: Topeka Symphony

Getting ready!

  We had another Thursday field trip this week.  The annual Topeka Symphony free school day concert!  We've been at least a couple other times and its been a treat each time!  Today they did "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modest Mussorgsky. 

The conductor did an awesome job of incorporating Viktor Hartmann's pictures that the piece of music was based on in a Power Point presentation. He also gave a brief synopsis of each picture.  The music was so good that Shorty sat still for quite a bit longer than I was expecting. :)
  The neatest part was the performance of Aaron Copeland's Our Town with a Power Point of pictures and video taken by local school children.

After a birthday celebration lunch with Ducky and Grandma, we took off for the Kansas Historical Society.  I had an obituary to look for for work and I bribed the kids with playtime if they were quiet, which worked except for hilarious giggles coming out of the back corner of the microfilm room.  One patron assured me that it didn't bother her :)  Then we were off to play! 

KSHS play area!

  I had to make a promise to go back soon and walk the trails!