Yesterday hubby and I had the most enjoyable afternoon with his parents. His parents are big fans of Barbershop music. Every year they attend a performance held by a local group....well local meaning the members for the group come form all over the Island. Anyhow, this year father in law asked if we would like to join them and then go out for dinner afterwards. Well my goodness how could one turn down such an offer.
Valentine's 2007 This group is called "First Dibs"
So yesterday as I said was the "Tidesmen Barbershop Chorus" annual performance. This years theme was titled Bootleg Barbershop. The whole first half opens with an introduction to the era...1930's the crash on Wall Street and the great depression. The scene is set as a Cabaret Club 
struggling to make ends meet....the gangsters....the first song..."Cabaret".
The first half progresses with songs from the whole chorus and then songs sung by individual barbershop groups. It was really delightful...the first half ends with them singing "I'll Be a Song and Dance Man Again."
The second half starts off with the Tidesmen version of Barbershop Quartet Idol. They had five quartets supposedly competing for the top honours... with sudo judges and all. The judges of course were a take off' from American Idol....the names had just been changed a tad.....There were some great songs.....After that they had the 2005 International Quartet Champions "Realtime". They were fabulous, kind of reminded me of the Nylons when I saw them live back in the 80's....very professional.
What I found amazing about the Tidesmen Chorus was the age range....there were performers as young as 16 and as old as....well I really don't know...but the one old gentlemen on the end did give me a scare...I thought once or twice he might topple over....maybe he was a spry 80 something.....I think what was so enjoyable about the afternoon was that the performers all seemed to really enjoy what they were doing. It was nice to see.
A big thank you goes out to my wonderful inlaws for providing hubby and I a very enjoyable afternoon.
Today was a very busy day. I find now that I only get two days off that I certainly try and cram alot into one day. I was up early and finally finished sewing the shower curtain I was making for our bathroom....I will take pictures and post once the bathroom is completed...it's coming along great though....
Seeing as the rain had subsided for awhile, I thought I should take advantage and get outside and clean up my garden and get the tulip bulbs in the ground. Success I got it done...the dead brush all cleared away...the soil turned...the hedge trimmed....the porch swept...yippee....
After that I decided I wanted to bake these squares I had seen on Pea's blog. She had this recipe for Toffee Almond Squares....oh my goodness they are fantastic....I baked them for hubby but of course I had to try one....he ate the whole plate I put out....ooops....great recipe Pea thanks!
While I had the base for the squares in the oven I decided I needed to get onto my stepper....so half hour later I was done and so was the base for the square.....I made the topping and popped it into the fridge so it would be ready for dessert. By this time it was getting ready for dinner....so create I did.....I am a bit of a multi tasker....while dinner was in the oven I decided I needed to get some laundry done and vaccum the laundry room.....hmmmm....bit compulsive I think...lol
Anyhow, dinner is done, the dishes are clean..hubby is sound asleep on the couch....I am making this post...then I will go work on my knitting and just chill till bed time.
Hope you all had a fantastic weekend.......stay happy and healthy all....
I'd like to leave you with this thought.....
"Hope, is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul.....And sings the tune without words And never stops......at all"
~Emily Dickinson~
4 comments:
I would have loved to heard this band. I'm glad you got to enjoy them. Where do you get so much energy to do so many things at once? Would you share some of it with me?
What a lovely time you had!
I'm exhausted just reading about what else you got up to m'dear!
First.......I love the new look here! You are so creative!
Next, I love Barbershop Quartets too. I remember after my first husband passed away, when my boys were still little and I had taken them to the barber shop for a haircut. The barber was a friend of ours and he knew I loved Barbershop Quartet and had 3 of his buddys and he run through their practice for a competetion they were to be in while cutting my boys hair. What a treat for me!
Hugs my friend!
Sounds like a nice time! Love your new header!
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