Friday's Theatre outing.
This past Friday, a bunch of us went to Theatre Aurora on Henderson Drive just west of Yonge Street to see A Grand Night for Singing, (that's a link to the theatre's website- you can see the show next weekend too!) a Broadway revue of Rodgers & Hammerstein songs from their many musicals. It was fabulous! We all agreed that we need to do more of that, going out together to see a show. Live music, live theatre is something so special, and we have lots of opportunities in Newmarket and Aurora to see wonderful shows.
This show featured a cast of 5 actor/singer/dancers and a 6-person orchestra. I kept calling them a band: "I want a band!". But, they were more like a tiny perfect orchestra. There was an amazing percussionist, a man who played flute, clarinet, and saxophone, a cellist, a bassist (standing double bass! love) and two (magical) keyboard players. I loved watching them all, and they sounded huge.
The description on the poster says "with humour, heart, and irresistible charm" and that's what it was. Funny, loveable, charming. The actors were absolutely charming, funny, adorable. The singing was so, so good! And dancing too. Such a joy! Of course, the music was fantastic, and the lyrics incredible, iconic songwriting. I didn't know many of the songs but loved them all.
The venue is smallish, humble, unassuming, but the sound was excellent, perfect, and the lighting/set absolutely professional.
We're going to look at the rest of the season's offerings to make some plans for a future choir trip. Next time, we hope more people join us for dinner before too.
Dinner was a good opportuinity to talk to each other and discover how much (very much) we have in common. There's not much time to get to know one another during rehearsals, so this was a real treat. We went to Symposium on Hollandview, and it was good, but we can consider trying different restaurants too.
I'm looking forward to our next YRCC outing! What will it be?
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