A fantastic musical event!

Yesterday evening, we (John and Cynthia, Ellen and me) drove over to Bennington College to a concert put on by Alash, a group of four Tuvan Throat Singers who live in Siberia and are currently touring the U.S We met Mary Anderson (who lives in Bennington) there at the concert hall. The hall was packed, and no wonder; Alash was fabulous. They were beautiful and astounding at the same time. Throat singing involves making sounds one does not usually hear coming from a human. If you have no idea of what kind of music this is, here is a link to Alash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0npp2NLaY John and Cynthia first met Alash nineteen years ago when they came to Bellows Falls, and they actually hosted them for an overnight in their home. So they feel a personal connection with them. It was a full concert with a lot of variety, and the audience was wildly enthusiastic. The concert was opened by a Bennington College group playing Turkish music - they were good, even though they have only been in existence for a month. I wasn't sure how easy it would be to get in and out of the hall in a wheelchair, but it proved to be okay. I would go again.

Top: Alash; Middle: The Turkish music group and Bottom: Part of the audience.

Wow!! 92 years!

Sunday, March 2, was my 92nd birthday. Amazing! Since we had a BIG party at the church a year ago for my 91st, we had a small party on Saturday at the house this year: John and Cynthia, Katie and Brendon, Andy and Robin, Ellen and myself. We had a lovely supper , a beautiful birthday cake (a carrot cake), Katie had written a MadLibs about me, and we took turns filling in the blanks, and then we played Salad Bowl, very familiar to Katie and Brendon, Ellen and me, but not to the others, It was fun. We laughed a lot. A very satisfactory party.

Birthday photos.