Music, Music, Music, and the Best of the Beatles

 March was alive with Music! The Meistersingers presented their spring concert March 2, "The Best of the Beatles." My granddaughters get a chuckle thinking about me learning and singing Beatles songs!

The Best of the Beatles concert

Then the March USM Symphony program featured some outstanding students, winners of the annual William T. Gower Competition. See Daniel Petrocelli, guitarist, after the flower pictures. 

Nick Ciraldo and the Guitar Studio at USM held a Screamin' Eagles Guitarfest with lots of impressive talent on display. Many performers enjoy activities and Wednesday night potluck suppers at University Baptist Church, and these talented students presented a Thank You concert in Back Door Coffeehouse fashion. 

Several students held recitals this month in fulfillment of requirements for degrees. I attend as many of these as I can, and am so grateful for the privilege. 

USM Symphony

The Thank You Concert Team
with David W Walker and Linda Ginn

L-R Joao Vitor Gonzaga, Sofia Araujo, Renata Andrade,
Gabriel Barros, Marcus Silva

L-R Joao Vitor Gonzaga, Sofia Araujo, Renata Andrade,
Gabriel Barros, Marcus Silva

The azaleas are blooming, making any driving in town pure pleasure. My front porch is a great place to read or eat breakfast. We have had a couple of rain days, which beats down the blossoms, but more come to take up the show. 

Daniel Petrocelli (one of the William T. Gower winners) 
at the Thank You Concert at University Baptist

Pictures at OLLI Art Reception

My OLLI friends really know how to put on a reception for the art exhibits. They rotate the art exhibits on a four month basis, and a reception is scheduled sometime during the exhibit. Linda and I brought a few sewing supplies to add to the flower arrangement that was planned, and the art committee and members always bring tasty food. 

Dean Pennington prepared a slide show which ran continuously on two large TVs, showing a variety of our quilts which were not in the exhibit. Viewers especially enjoyed the videos of us doing free-motion quilting. In our talks we fielded questions about how we decided on designs (computer programs? no), how we bought and stored fabric, and some background stories.

Theresa Ratti prepared four large posters to publicize the exhibits. (Sorry for the glare from the glass.) The quilts will be on exhibit through April. The building is open Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00.