Mahan Hall, US Naval Academy. Orchestra Center (Seat C205, $19.)
Johnny was my high school classmate (in Hong Kong) and
college roommate (in Ithaca, NY); we have known each other for about 45 years! His
daughter just completed her first year as a midshipman at the USNA, and Johnny
flew out to Maryland to meet up with her for a week or so. I decided to spend a day down there to see
them. Stephanie sings in the Women’s
Glee Club, and they have a concert during the week.
There are many events scheduled for the week, my main
objective was to catch up with an old friend, so we just spent time walking on
the grounds, chatting away as we did.
The Blue Angels were practicing for a show the following day. I am not a fan of daredevil shows, but still
appreciated the precision of this group of highly skilled pilots. We also visited the dorm, the chapel, and a
couple of museums.
The Glee Club consists of about 50 young women, about 11
of them are graduating this year. They
have a rather busy touring schedule, including a visit to the JFK Library in
Boston earlier this year.
The program was relatively short at a bit over an hour,
with a good mix of traditional music (such as the National Anthem and America
the Beautiful) and modern music (Ave verum Corpus by Poulenc, for
instance). They also put on a “staged
performance” of “Forget about the Boy” from “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Most of the songs were performed a cappella,
a few had the piano as accompaniment.
We had a quick snack at about 5 pm at the Chick and Ruth
Delly before the concert with a few of Stephanie’s classmates. The single crab cake platter was a reasonable
$16 (or so). The crab cake was quite
filling, but Johnny and I still stopped by Denny’s for an omelet and dessert
(respectively) afterwards.
A pleasant day, even though I had to drive close to 200
miles each way.
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