Awake: 6:28am Temp 48 Sleep 7+43 rain most of the day
overnight@ Nicktown.
Drive to our community center & join the explosive coffee club members for
45 min before attending the 9:30am children’s Mass with Father Larry.
After breakfast, I call Texas & order a “Big Rigs” campground book….hoping
to have it before we leave town in June. Then I renew our membership with
the “Passport America Campground Association” by signing up for an
additional 3 yrs.
@ 4:04pm Barry & his wife Bonnie Lou L. pick us up & we start heading
toward Pittsburgh. About ½ half of the way (Murrysville) we stop @ Dick’s
Diner for dinner. Kathy & I share crab cakes, broccoli & we each have a
large salad & roll.
In Pittsburgh @ the Mellon Arena parking lot, we meet up with B & B’s son
Todd, who lives & works near this area. He also spent his college days @
Duquesne U. a few blocks away.
We are here to attend a performance by “Andre Rieu & his Johann Strauss
Orchestra.” Kathy & I purchased our tickets on-line so we won’t be sitting
with B, B and T.
Our seat location is good. We have a clear view of the stage & we both
have our binoculars. 5600 people paid to see this show. Andre Rieu is
Dutch but his orchestra members are from around the world.
What a performance……it was fantastic! The female orchestra members dressed
in colorful formal gowns were the first notable difference from our more
staid, black clad American orchestras. The music selections, as well as
the way in which they were played, were grand & engaging. They had
fun…laughing, teasing each other, the guys flirting with the gals, etc.
Three male baritones and 3 female sopranos sang solo and harmonizing
selections which were superbly done. Andre Rieu, himself a violinist as
well as the conductor, directed the performance in his own unique style.
They played 20 min over there scheduled quit time with the last song
played being “Braham’s Lullaby” to the gradually dimming of the arena
lights.
Afterward, we follow Todd up to Mount Washington, looking down & over the
city lights of Pittsburgh & listened to Todd’s introduction to many of
Pitts higher buildings.
Barry does a good job of driving & we return to our bus around 1:30am. It
was a very enjoyable afternoon & evening.
High temp=53 Lights out: 1:51am
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